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Chapter One Hundred and Seventy
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(Isabella’s POV) - BONUS CHAPTER
No one spoke for several long seconds. The golden light slowly faded, leaving the chamber glowing with a soft warmth that felt almost welcoming. The Heart had never greeted anyone before. Not like this. The old man looked around the room with a gentle smile. “It remembers us,” he said quietly. Lyra was still staring at him. “I watched you die.” “You watched what everyone was meant to believe,” the old man replied calmly. “I disappeared because I had to.” Astra crossed her arms. “I think everyone here deserves an explanation.” The old man chuckled softly. “I expected that.” He leaned on his wooden staff and looked at the three people beside him. “My name is Orion,” he said. “Many centuries ago, I was one of the first guardians of the Heart.” The young woman stepped forward next. “My name is Selene.” She smiled politely. “I’ve spent most of my life searching for this place.” The tall warrior gave a respectful nod. “I’m Darius.” “I protect those who protect the Heart.” Rex didn’t lower his guard. “If you’re really guardians, where have you been all this time?” Orion looked at him with understanding. “Hidden.” “From what?” “From people who wanted to control the Heart.” Silence settled over the room. Lyra slowly walked toward him. “I thought I was the last guardian.” “You were the last one inside,” Orion corrected gently. “But never the last one alive.” Lyra’s eyes filled with emotion. “So… all these years…” “You weren’t as alone as you believed.” She looked away, unable to answer. For the first time since meeting her, Isabella saw Lyra looking vulnerable. Not powerful. Not mysterious. Just… lonely. Orion noticed it too. “I’m sorry,” he said quietly. “I couldn’t come back sooner.” Lyra swallowed hard before nodding. “I know.” The Heart pulsed softly. Almost as if it understood their reunion. Selene slowly walked closer to Isabella. “I’ve heard stories about you.” Isabella blinked. “Stories?” Selene nodded. “The girl who calmed the fracture.” Astra smiled. “I like that title.” Isabella laughed nervously. “I don’t.” “It suits you,” Selene replied warmly. Rex stepped beside Isabella. “Who told you these stories?” Selene looked toward Orion. “He did.” Orion nodded. “The Heart began changing weeks ago.” Everyone looked at him. “We could feel it from outside.” Lyra frowned. “That’s impossible.” “It used to be.” A pause. “But the moment Eira stopped fighting itself…” He looked toward the center of the chamber. “…the Heart sent out a signal.” Eira finally spoke. “I was unaware of this.” Orion smiled. “Of course.” “You were too busy learning.” Astra laughed quietly. “I guess the whole world noticed while you were asking us what jokes were.” Eira paused. “I still do not fully understand jokes.” That made everyone laugh. Even Rex smiled. The sound echoed through the chamber. For a brief moment… Everything felt surprisingly normal. Orion watched everyone carefully. “I’ve never heard laughter inside the Heart before.” The room became quiet again. Lyra smiled faintly. “Neither have I.” Orion slowly turned toward Eira. His expression became thoughtful. “So…” “You are Eira.” “Yes.” “I’ve waited a very long time to meet you.” Eira seemed confused. “You know my name.” “I helped choose it.” Silence. Even the Heart seemed to stop for a moment. Isabella stared at Orion. “What?” Orion nodded slowly. “When Eira first came into existence…” He gently touched his staff. “…there were seven guardians.” “Seven?” Astra repeated. “Yes.” “We believed Eira would become the bridge between every living thing.” His smile slowly faded. “But we were wrong.” Lyra lowered her head. “No.” “We were wrong.” She corrected him. “We were afraid.” Orion looked at her kindly. “Yes.” “We were.” Another silence followed. This one wasn’t painful. It was filled with old regrets finally being spoken aloud. Isabella stepped closer. “You wanted Eira to connect everyone?” Orion nodded. “That was the dream.” “What happened?” He sighed deeply. “Fear.” “Some guardians believed Eira’s power was too great.” “So they divided it.” “They tried to.” He looked directly at Eira. “But power isn’t something you simply cut apart.” “It remembers.” Eira stayed silent. Almost thoughtful. Orion continued. “Every fracture left behind a memory.” “And every memory searched for the others.” Isabella slowly understood. “So…” “The fracture wasn’t trying to destroy the world.” Orion nodded. “It was trying to find itself.” Eira quietly answered. “That is… accurate.” Astra covered her mouth. “So all this time…” “It wasn’t revenge,” Orion finished. “It was loneliness.” No one spoke. Even Rex looked surprised. Isabella slowly turned toward Eira. For the first time… She didn’t see an ancient force. She saw something that had spent centuries searching for the pieces of itself without understanding why. “You were alone,” she whispered. Eira answered after several seconds. “I believe…” A pause. “I was.” The words were so simple. Yet they made Isabella’s heart ache. Orion smiled gently. “But you aren’t anymore.” The Heart pulsed. Warm. Bright. As if agreeing. Then… Without warning… The warmth disappeared. Every light inside the chamber flickered. Once. Twice. Then went completely still. Eira’s voice changed instantly. “There is another presence.” Rex immediately stepped in front of Isabella. “Where?” Eira’s awareness spread through the Heart. “It is outside.” Another pulse echoed through the chamber. This one was different from Orion’s arrival. Cold. Sharp. Hostile. The Heart dimmed. Orion’s peaceful expression vanished. “No…” He tightened his grip on his staff. “They found us.” Selene’s hand moved to the dagger at her waist. Darius pulled the massive sword from his back in one smooth motion. Lyra’s golden light flared around her hands. Astra’s expression hardened. Rex’s wolf growled inside him. I instinctively pulled Isabella closer. She looked toward the great doorway leading out of the chamber. “What found us?” Before Orion could answer… A loud crack echoed through the Heart. The sound was followed by slow… steady… footsteps. Someone else had entered the Heart. And unlike Orion… They had not come in peace.
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ISABELLA’S POV For several seconds, I forgot how to breathe. The woman standing behind my father was older than the woman in the portrait Orion had shown me. Silver streaked her hair, and exhaustion had carved lines around her eyes. Her clothes were worn, and there was a faint scar near her temple, but none of that mattered. I knew her. Somewhere deep inside me, beneath years of forgotten memories and unanswered questions, I knew her. “My little star.” The words broke something open inside my chest. I took a step toward her. “Mother?” Her lips trembled. “Yes, my darling.” I shook my head, tears blurring my vision. I had imagined this moment so many times that I had stopped allowing myself to believe it could ever happen. In some dreams, my mother came back and explained everything. In others, she stood far away, unable to reach me. But she was here. She was real. And she was looking at me as though she had been waiting for this moment for years. I ran to her. She caugh
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ISABELLA’S POV Malrec clapped slowly. “How touching. A family reunited through tears and regrets.” He stepped away from the barrier. “Now, Isabella, we can stop pretending. You have heard the truth. You know why you were hidden. You know what your father sacrificed.” He held out his hand. “Come to me, and I will release him.” Rex stiffened. “No.” Malrec ignored him. “One step across the marked circle. That is all I ask.” I looked at the floor. A ring of black symbols surrounded the barrier. I hadn’t noticed it before, but now I could see that the markings were connected to the chains holding my father. “What happens if I step inside?” I asked. Malrec’s expression was almost gentle. “The Heart will recognize your presence. Its power will flow through the chamber, and I will finally be able to stabilize it.” “By controlling Eira.” “By giving Eira the guidance it desperately needs.” Eira’s voice whispered inside my mind. “Isabella, he is not telling the truth.” I look
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ISABELLA’S POV“Do not let him open the Heart!”Eira’s warning rang through my mind, but I could barely understand what it meant. My father was standing behind a wall of black light, looking at me with eyes that were somehow familiar despite the years separating us.He was alive.He was real.And he was looking at me as though he had spent every day of his life waiting for this moment.“Isabella,” he whispered again.I took a step forward.“Dad?”His eyes filled with tears. He tried to stand, but the chains around his wrists pulled him back. I heard the painful clatter of metal against stone, and something inside me snapped.“Let him go!”Malrec smiled.“Such a beautiful reunion. I wonder whether it will be as beautiful when you discover what your father has done.”“Don’t listen to him,” my father said urgently. “Whatever he tells you, don’t believe him.”Malrec tilted his head.“Still protecting her with half-truths, aren’t you, Alaric?”Alaric.My father’s name.I held on to it as i
Alpha Rex. Chapter One Hundred and Eighty Two
Isabella’s POVWe entered the path just before midnight.The alliance camp had been left under Elara’s command, while General Varos remained behind with a small group of soldiers. He had argued that the Heart was too important to leave without military protection, but Rex had reminded him that an army could not protect something it did not understand.Varos had not liked that answer.I suspected he didn’t like Rex very much either.Our group was small. Rex, Orion, Cassian, Elara, and four trusted soldiers accompanied me. Eira’s light moved ahead of us, floating just above the ground.The path passed between towering trees whose branches twisted together overhead. Strange symbols glimmered on their trunks, appearing and disappearing as we walked.I kept my eyes forward.The farther we traveled, the quieter the world became.No insects.No birds.Not even the sound of leaves moving in the wind.“Is it always this silent?” I whispered.“No,” Orion replied. “The Hollow is listening.”I lo
Alpha Rex. Chapter One Hundred and Eighty One
Isabella’s POV“Come find him.”Malrec’s voice disappeared into the wind, but the words remained in my mind.I stood staring at the mountains, unable to move. Somewhere beyond them was a man I had spent my entire life believing I had lost. A man who knew I existed. A man who had apparently been calling out to Eira, asking it to protect me.My father.I had so many questions that I didn’t know which one to ask first.Was he hurt? Did he know I was coming? Had he watched over me from a distance while I grew up with another family? And if he had been alive all these years, why had nobody told me?Most of all, I wanted to know whether my mother was alive too.“Isabella.”Rex’s voice brought me back to the present.I turned toward him. His expression was serious, but there was warmth in his eyes.“We need to prepare before we leave,” he said. “Malrec wants us to rush into whatever trap he’s created. We shouldn’t make it easy for him.”“I know.”“Do you?”I frowned. “What is that supposed t
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