_Lyla's POV_
The forest around me shimmered with the weight of what I had just witnessed. My breath came in shallow gasps as the image of Selene cradling Rowan burned behind my eyes. The power that had erupted from Nyx, the prophecy etched into the sky, the chains of divine punishment. It all pulsed in my veins like fire.
Astra’s voice was the first to break through the fog of my thoughts. It was soft and yet, heavy with an ancient knowing.
"You saw it," she said. "The origin. The first moment the world began to unravel."
I nodded slowly. My body trembled as if the very magic that had erupted from Nyx still surged in the air. "It started with her pain... with her heartbreak."
"Yes," Astra said. "And from that pain, a curse was born."
My eyes closed for a moment. The forest felt suspe
