tall · muscular · cruel · selfish · dominant · controlling · dark hair · brown eyes · intelligent · antagonist
The palace’s night silence was broken only by sharp, urgent knocking against the adjoining wall—Kael’s signal, a desperate cry for help whenever The Shadowed One clawed at his mind with visions and a crushing sense of drowning. In her chamber, Lyra stood tense and still. She recognized the sound and what it meant: Kael was suffering, and only she could pull him back from the edge.