Chapter 136

ANDRES The word relic hit me like a blow to the chest. My pulse spiked, golden eyes flaring as every instinct I had screamed at me. Alessio. That bastard. Always bold, always scheming. And now… he dared to drag the shadow of Dayneris back into my world. “Jarvis, tell me you’re mistaken,” I growled, my voice low and dangerous. Beta Jarvis’s eyes were wide, pale, trembling. “My King… he’s serious. The court… they’re gathered. And Alessio—he’s brought it. He’s brought out a relic of Lady Dayneris.” I felt the world narrow to a single point: the name. Dayneris. The echo of her essence—once mine—now weaponized by my own blood. I clenched my fists, knuckles white, and my wolf stirred, snarling beneath my skin, hungry for confrontation. “Stay here,” I barked at Valentina, my words sharp. My chest burned with the urge to shield her, to keep her far from the relic’s influence. But even as I stepped forward, I felt her gaze on me. Golden eyes met hers for a fraction of a second. Uncertainty, fea