The Dawn of Kimberly’s Shadow
The moon was full again—neither red nor silver, but soft amber, glowing like an ember about to awaken.
Kimberly stood at the edge of the rebuilt city of Lumeris, where once ruins had sprawled after the Great Merging. The temple towers shimmered in moonlight, their glass walls humming faintly with the pulse of the Heart below.
It had been nearly forty years since Selene’s passing.
And still, Kimberly could not shake the feeling that the world had only borrowed peace—it had not earned it.
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The Burden of Legacy
Her reflection rippled in the water beneath her feet. She saw the woman she had become—older, wiser, marked by the years of balance-keeping. Her once-golden hair was streaked with silver now, her eyes softer but still alert, always searching for
