Chapter 198 Invasion

• I stumbled back, catching the balcony rail as though it could anchor me to a world unraveling before my eyes.
• Shadows writhed across the courtyard, stretching longer and slithering over stone like a tide of serpents until the palace grounds lay smothered in a black that felt alive.
• A tremor seized my chest so hard I had to press my hands against my ribs as if I could cage my own hammering heart, but the rhythm only grew more frantic.