Location: Outer Wastes – Surface Level
Time: 3:08 PM
The desert wind turned violent.
Sera stood across from the Godborn, breath shallow, skin buzzing with divine static. The air around her trembled not from fear, but memory.
She hadn’t seen one since the Cataclysm.
And even then... they were half-asleep.
This one?
Fully awakened. Fully aimed.
Its wings folded inward like blades. Its voice echoed in a hundred tones, each syllable striking like thunder inside her chest.
> “YOU SHOULD NOT BE.”
Sera didn’t flinch. “You’re late.”
> “YOU ESCAPED YOUR DEATH. YOUR THREAD SHOULD HAVE ENDED.”
She rolled her shoulders. “Tell the Fates to knit tighter next time.”
The Godborn raised its hand.
And the sky fractured.
Theo’s POV – Just Outside the Lab
Theo sprinted toward the surface
