Location: Demon Palace - Throne Room → Oracle Chamber
Time: Day 227/227 - 17 Voidmarch, 9938 AZI
Realm: Demon Realm
Ren d'Aar sat on the obsidian throne, fingers drumming against the armrest.
Two days.
Heiteng and Xinglong had been gone for two days. Departed on the morning of the twenty-sixth, crossing to the Lower Realm with the King's Ring protecting them from realm damage. By now, they should've reached Vor'thane. Should've received the Eye of Pyratheon. Should be positioning themselves to find—
Stop.
Ren forced his hand to still. Forced the anxious energy coiling through his chest to settle. Forced himself to sit like a king instead of a worried... what? Mate separated from the one person who mattered more than breathing?
Yes. That.
The beast stirred in its cage—not agitated, just present. Aware. Watching through Ren's eyes as reports filtered in from scouts positioned across three realms.
