Chapter 553: The Guardian Lord's True Face

The air itself tore apart before Stefan Zimmerman. With Hailey cradled in his arms, her life a flickering candle in a gale, he did not knock. He did not announce his arrival. He simply appeared before the monolithic, obsidian gates of the Night Watchers' headquarters, a place hidden from the world, a bastion of secrets and shadows. A wave of his hand, imbued with a sliver of the Harmony Wheel's chaotic power, sent the colossal gates screaming inward. They crumpled like paper, the ancient alloys...