EP2 Walk Beside Me 🔥🐺🛡️🏰❤️

After choosing to follow Veyra from the broken Summoning Hall, Ren is taken to the Underworks for his first real test. Still weak, silent, and unfamiliar with his new body, he stumbles under the Velvet Court’s laughter before choosing to try again. Keld’s shield drill reveals one useful instinct—Ren can read movement and slip low—but also proves how little strength he has. Veyra ends the exercise before exhaustion becomes injury. Meanwhile, Cal discovers a narrow exterior approach to the palace. When Tarek returns with the warning, mockery gives way to fear, and Ren stays beside Veyra by choice.