The dream came to Alex again. He was standing in a vast chamber, its walls covered in ancient symbols. Seven figures surrounded him, their faces hidden in shadow. Their eyes burned with a light that seemed to pierce through him. "You have done well," one of them said. "You have gathered the Shards. You have destroyed the Void's fragments. You have contained the First. But the war is not over." Alex felt a chill run down his spine. "Who are you?" "We are the Convergence. The beings that exist at the intersection of all realities. And we have come to warn you." "Warn me about what?" The Convergence was silent for a long moment. Then one of them spoke. "The Nexus is approaching. The moment when all realities converge. When the barriers between worlds collapse. When everything ends." Al

