The Man’s Decree – Chapter 5843

For a heartbeat, she was motionless. Then joy flooded her like sunlight after endless night.

"I... I say yes!" she cried, voice trembling yet certain, shyness burned away by new resolve. The tears dried, leaving only bright determination in their place.

Jared traced a silent sigil. A silvered barrier sealed the rocky hollow, shutting out snow and every prying sense beyond the stone.

"Crude, but enough," he murmured, folding his legs as a halo of soft, swirling chaotic energy rose around him. "Come..."

Clara steadied her breathing and knelt before him, heart thundering like hooves across ice.