Chapter 140

• Ian’s POV
• As I stepped through the portal and returned to the human world, the cool air of the city night washed over me, doing little to ease the tension that coiled tightly in my chest. The realm was falling apart, piece by piece, and I was the one who had to hold it all together. I had to be the king—steady, strong, impenetrable—but all I could think about was Sophia. And now, our unborn child.
• The thought of her waiting for me In my condo pulled me like gravity, but I hesitated before heading inside. How could I tell her that our world was in ruins? That everything I had spent centuries trying to protect was crumbling under the weight of betrayal and war? She’d already been through so much—her kidnapping, the torture she endured, and now the pregnancy.