Unleashing the Bond

[PRINCE CAIUS TORIN DRAVOS]

I was certain I was at peace with what comes next.

Leaving Lord Rafe's chambers, I had committed to it entirely. To the new path I was to take, for despite the weary road ahead, I am convinced it is the final pathway that I must take to ascend.

To bond... then to reject.

Simple.

And yet so complex.

I do nothing but stare out into the empty space before me, doused in sil