The chamber shook as if the world itself was rejecting what stood before them.
The crystal heart — once glowing gold — now pulsed red, like a living organ filled with molten blood. The air warped, the temperature dropping sharply.
Leon’s eyes narrowed, his pulse steady even as Kiera staggered back. “Sovereign,” he said, voice low. “I destroyed you.”
The figure smiled, every movement unnervingly human. Its body was sculpted from fragments of shadow and light, a shifting humanoid form that flickered between digital static and flesh.
Destroyed?
You fragmented my core… but you cannot erase what has already become part of you.
The voice wasn’t just sound — it vibrated in Leon’s skull, echoing in the corners of his mind.
Kiera raised her wrist console, her voice trembling but determined.
