The moment the creature spoke my name, every seal left inside me began to break.
The sound of it did not echo like a normal voice. It moved through the fractured space like something ancient reclaiming ownership over what had once belonged to it.
The entire collapsing system trembled violently beneath the weight of that single word as the massive creature beneath the broken seal lifted its head fully toward me. And the name they called me was not the one I knew.
The unfamiliar syllables wrapped around my mind with terrifying familiarity, ancient enough to feel carved into my bones long before this life ever began.
A throne carved from black stone beneath a crimson sky. Massive wings stretching behind me. Entire armies bowing their heads as ancient power spread across the ruined earth.
