~Elara~ You already know. Blood calls to blood. Silver to silver. The moon and the sun in alignment. The Eclipse Protocol. But I need Caleb. You've already begun it. The bond wasn't just severed during the Blood Moon—it was transformed. Deepened. I understood then. The pain of that separation had been necessary—like a bone breaking to heal stronger. When our bond reopened, it wasn't just restoring what was lost—it was creating something new. Something powerful enough to trigger the Eclipse Protocol. "Initiating stabilizer sequence," Dr. Chen announced, approaching with a syringe filled with silver liquid. As she prepared to inject me, I reached out through the Algorithm, extending my consciousness into the digital systems surrounding us. This ability had been fading as integration pr

