Chapter 30
CHAPTER 30: AFTER THE FIRE, WE CHOOSE The sanctum did not fall. That was the first miracle anyone noticed when the last tremor faded and the dust finally began to settle. Cracked pillars leaned but held, ancient runes glowed faintly where they had nearly gone dark, and the open ceiling revealed a sky that felt wider than it had any right to be. Moonlight poured down in quiet beams, no longer fractured by violence but steady, almost gentle. In the center of it all, Luna Hayes stood with silver fire dimmed to a soft, living glow beneath her skin. It didn’t roar anymore. It breathed. Around her, the aftermath felt strange, not victory, not defeat, but something in between. A space where choices had been made and could not be taken back. Ryker Blackwood stood beside her, his presence solid an
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