{"By audacity, great fears are concealed."}
Commander Steel whistled as we approached, then let out a low chuckle.
"Alpha Tor, you're finally back from Hanka Island," he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. "Does anyone know what you were doing in the deep forest of Hanka Island? Or has your beast uncovered its secrets?"
His claws extended as he leaned against the jail cell wall, his eyes blazing.
Gale stirred within me, pushing urgent words through our mind link: The bloodstone mountain bugs… his mind is filled with them.
I narrowed my eyes. So, Commander Steel is a traitor, I thought. Colluding with the Paradise Coven…
I smirked. "I wonder if you'll share Aqua's fate, unconscious and delusional."
For a brief second, his eyes flashed, but he quickly looked away. Then, with a scoff, he retorted, "I bet your minions don't know that Hanka Island has powers."