Location:Kael'thoren — Healer's wing / Courtyard
Date/Time:Late Ashbloom, 9940 AZI — dawn
Realm:Demon Realm (Upper Realm)
Lyria arrived at dawn. Not alone.
Voresh was beside her. Tarnished copper eyes sweeping the healer's wing before she crossed the threshold — the best scout in the demon realm reading the room for threats before allowing his truemate-to-be through the door. Thirty thousand years of instinct. Bronze-tinted skin. Faded scout tattoos. The Vor'shal, who had been planning to die before Lyria gave him a reason not to.
Green-gold eyes. Midnight black hair shot through with gold and green streaks. She crossed the threshold and stopped. Read the room — not the faces, the weight. Something terrible had happened here, and the air hadn't recovered.
Ren met her at the door. Burns across his shoulder and chest. The gash along his jaw reopened. Running on will.
"I need to see how a truemated pair was taken. I won't risk you touching the body or the crystal directly."
