Chapter 282

Kiernan’s POV

The extraction point was a jagged hole in the world—the shattered remains of the observation deck where the freezing mountain air roared inside to meet the sterile heat of the Pillar.

I held Elodie tighter, her weight a fragile anchor against the chaos. She was shivering, her fingers tangled in my shirt, her breath hitching against my chest.

"Just a little further," I whispered, tho