The silver light from the broken crystal spread through Kael's body like liquid fire. But instead of pain, he felt... complete.
"What did you do?" Celeste shrieked, backing away from him. Kael stood up slowly, the crystal pieces melting into his skin. "I figured out your trick.
That wasn't my daughter's soul in there. It was the missing piece of mine you stole years ago."
"Impossible!"
"When we were kids, you used to practice dark magic behind the school," Kael said, his ice skills now glowing with silver light. "You took something from each of us back then. A piece of our souls to control us later." Celeste's face went pale.
"How did you—" "Because I'm the strategist," Kael smiled coldly. "And I just got my full power back." Meanwhile, in the abandoned school building, Elara dodged another shadow creature's claws.
