CHAPTER 90 — The Summons of the Gods
The second summons did not ask.
It seized.
Gabriella was awake when it came this time.
She stood in the center of the valley at dawn, bare hands pressed into the soil, feeling the strain lines of the world tug against her pulse. The Heart beat steadily in her chest, warmer than before, brighter too, as if it had already begun preparing for something irreversible.
Then reality folded.
The air compressed so violently her lungs emptied in a sharp gasp. Light inverted. Sound vanished. The ground disappeared beneath her feet.
Tristan shouted her name.
He never finished it.
The Celestial sigil tore open beneath them like a divine snare, its geometry far harsher than before. No gentle authority. No pretense of invitation.
Command.
The Alphas were dr
