◆ Nightfall – Sector 9, Outer Edge
The fires had long been extinguished, but the air still held the aftertaste of power.
On a high rooftop overlooking the ruins of Sector 9, Kai Ares stood alone. Cloaked in silence. Eyes glowing faintly under the silver moonlight.
Below him, the city stirred in fear.
They felt it… even if they didn’t understand it.
Ash had returned to the wind. A new storm was rising.
“I saw the throne. I saw who I was.”
But who am I now…?
The prince within him remained quiet, but not gone.
He was listening.
And watching.
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◆ The Commander’s Conditions
“You’re insane.”
Chris’s voice cut through the war room like a knife.
Across from him, Nir leaned against the old command table, arms folded. The Soul Anchor cube had been sealed again, but its presence still
