Chapter 158
Clara stood frozen, her eyes wide with shock and horror as she stared at Kalen's headless body lying motionless on the cracked earth. For a few agonizing seconds, her mind refused to process what had happened—until it finally clicked.
Kalen had sacrificed herself.
The realization struck Clara like a dagger to the chest. If that attack had hit her instead, she would have been the one lying there lifeless. Kalen had saved her… and paid the ultimate price.
Clara's knees trembled, and rage swelled in her chest like a storm ready to break. Her tear-filled eyes shot up toward the airship now hovering in the distance. The Third Eye bastard had vanished from sight, but his ship still lingered, mocking her. Every fiber of her being screamed for vengeance. Her feet moved instinctively—she was ready to charge at the ship with no plan, no thought, only fury.
But a hand grasped her wrist, firm yet gentle.
