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◆ Sector 9 – After the Fire
Smoke curled from the broken watchtowers of Sector 9. The air was thick with the bitter scent of scorched steel and scorched memories.
Children whispered behind cracked stone walls. Sirens had stopped. But the tension hadn’t.
No one knew exactly what had happened… only that a boy had screamed, and the world had flinched.
That boy was now lying unconscious in the chapel ruins—his silver hair tousled, skin cold, and breath barely audible.
Kai Ares.
But those who saw what had awakened inside him?
They called him something else.
“The Demon Prince…”
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◆ The Commander Returns
Footsteps echoed. Not rushed. Not hesitant. Heavy. Measured.
Commander Nir stepped over the fallen beams and burnt Neva conduits, his coat still trailing ash. One arm hung stiff—wr
