Morning light had barely touched their windows when something shattered the peace of their reunion. A surge of power - different from their wards, different from Callum's energy - rippled through their home.
Samantha sat up between Marcus and Kai, her vampire senses instantly alert. "Did you feel that?"
Before either could respond, the air in their bedroom began to shimmer. Reality itself seemed to bend, creating a window into... somewhere else. Through this strange portal, they could see flashes of other realms - worlds where magic flowed differently, where laws of nature held no meaning.
"The Overseer?" Kai moved protectively closer to Samantha.
Marcus shook his head. "No. This is something else."
From the portal emerged a figure they'd never seen before - a woman with skin like moonlight and hair that seemed woven from shadows. Her eyes held the same ancient power as Callum's, but where his were violet, hers blazed gold.
