Chapter 5520

“Outsider? I am Linford blood-hardly an outsider!”

Unmoved, the guard repeated, “Orders are orders. No exceptions.”

Jared lifted a hand, gently but firmly stilling Luna before anger drowned reason.

He faced the guard and let a single word fall, cold as winter steel. “Move.”

The unseen weight in that word crushed the guard’s courage; he stumbled aside without thinking.

Jared and Flaxseed strode through the gate as if it belonged to them. Luna hurried after, skirts snapping against marble.

Gleaming pavilions and painted corridors surrounded them, yet none paused to admire. A storm was gathering, and each of them felt the first electric sting.