เข้าสู่ระบบMia’s POVThe moment its foot touched the First World—every star disappeared.Not dimmed.Not shattered.Disappeared.Darkness swallowed the sky until the only light left came from the golden glow beneath my skin.Kael stepped closer.His sword was raised.The First Enemy stood on my other side.The First Nothing remained behind us.For once—none of us spoke.The figure continued emerging from the First Gate.Its body was impossibly tall.Silver eyes covered its arms, its chest, its shoulders.But the worst part wasn’t its appearance.It was the feeling.The moment I looked at it, I felt every decision I had ever made being measured.Every mistake.Every fear.Every moment I had chosen myself over someone else.Every moment I had chosen someone else over myself.It knew everything.Kael suddenly staggered.I grabbed his arm.“Kael?”He looked at me.His eyes were unfocused.“I can hear them.”“Hear who?”He swallowed.“The worlds.”I looked toward the broken sky.The millions of con
Mia’s POVThe First World exploded.There was no sound.No warning.One moment, I was standing beside Kael, the First Nothing, and the First Enemy.The next—everything became light.I couldn’t feel the ground beneath my feet.I couldn’t feel my body.I couldn’t even tell whether I was still alive.Then something pulled me downward.I opened my eyes.The First World was burning.Not with ordinary fire.The sky had shattered into enormous pieces, revealing an endless darkness beyond it.Fragments of stars floated through the air.Rivers had risen from the ground and remained suspended above us.Mountains were breaking apart.And in the center of it all—the eye watched.I pushed myself upright.Kael was beside me.He was breathing.That was enough.I reached for his hand.He grabbed mine immediately.“You okay?”“I think so.”He looked at the sky.“I don’t think that’s good.”I followed his gaze.The enormous eye was no longer above us.It was everywhere.In the clouds.In the broken s
Mia’s POV“Kael?”Nothing.I couldn’t hear him.Couldn’t feel him.Couldn’t even see him.The universe had gone completely dark.I stood alone.At least—I thought I did.Then I heard footsteps.Slow.Deliberate.Coming from behind me.I turned.Kael was standing there.But something was wrong.His eyes were empty.His sword was gone.And his face—wasn’t his.It was the face of the thing beyond.I stepped backward.“No.”Kael smiled.Not his smile.Its smile.“You recognized me.”My chest tightened.“Where is he?”“Who?”“Kael.”The thing wearing his face tilted its head.“He made a choice.”“What choice?”“He chose you.”The words echoed through me.I shook my head.“No.”“Yes.”It stepped closer.“When I reached for you, he stood between us.”My heart dropped.“What did you do to him?”“Nothing.”It smiled.“He did it himself.”I didn’t believe it.“You’re lying.”“Ask him.”The voice changed.For one second—it was Kael’s.“Mia…”I froze.His voice.His actual voice.“Kael?”His e
Mia’s POVThe universe disappeared.There was no sky.No ground.No stars.No sound.There was only white.I couldn’t feel my body.I couldn’t feel Kael’s hand.I couldn’t feel the Crown.I couldn’t even feel myself.Then—I heard a voice.“You should have chosen one.”I opened my eyes.I was standing in darkness.Three figures stood in front of me.Me.The smiling version.The broken version.And the girl I had been before I remembered who I was.Three faces.Three lives.Three pieces of the same soul.The smiling one stepped forward.“You can’t keep us all.”The broken one laughed.“You’ll tear yourself apart.”The younger me said nothing.She simply stared at me.I looked at them.Then at my hands.They were glowing.One was covered in silver light.The other in black.And between them—gold.I understood.The Crown wasn’t a crown anymore.It was a choice.I took a step toward them.“I don’t want to destroy you.”The smiling one tilted her head.“Why?”“Because you’re me.”The brok
Mia’s POVI stared at her.She looked like me.Not almost like me.Not similar.Exactly like me.Same eyes.Same face.Same scar beneath my collarbone.Even the same expression I saw every time I looked in a mirror.But there was something different in her eyes.She wasn’t afraid.She looked like she had already lived through everything I was still trying to understand.“Who are you?”She smiled.“You know.”I shook my head.“No.”“You do.”She stepped closer.The frozen universe remained silent around us.Kael stood motionless.The First Nothing was frozen.The creature was frozen.Every world had stopped.Only her and I could move.“I am you,” she said.“That isn’t possible.”“It is.”“You’re not my future.”She smiled.“No.”“Then my past?”Her expression changed.“Closer.”I tightened my grip around the broken Crown.“What are you?”She looked at it.“You’re holding the answer.”I looked down.The Crown was no longer broken.It had changed.Silver and black surrounded a small gold
Mia’s POVThe voice disappeared.But its echo remained.It traveled through every world.Every star.Every soul.Creator.I couldn’t breathe.The creature was still staring into the darkness.He wasn’t smiling anymore.The First Nothing had gone completely still.Even the Makers had lowered their weapons.Nobody spoke.Then Kael stepped closer to me.“Mia.”I looked at him.“What?”His eyes moved toward the darkness.“Whatever that thing is…”He tightened his grip around his sword.“…they’re afraid of it.”I looked at the First Nothing.It didn’t deny it.That frightened me more than anything.“What is it?”The First Nothing finally looked at me.“The reason I existed.”I frowned.“What does that mean?”“I was not created to rule the First World.”Its voice was quieter than I’d ever heard it.“I was created to contain something.”The creature stepped forward.“You were created to contain what she couldn’t destroy.”The First Nothing looked at him.“And you were created to oppose her.”
Loren’s POVI stood in the doorway longer than I should have, watching Mia curled beneath the blankets, her breathing slow and even.I was sure she'd have a long first day and a part of me wanted to stay and guide her through, protect her from the ravaging wolves in Aetherion but I thought against
Alpha Bladen POV I wake up already knowing something is wrong.It isn’t the pain.The pai. Has always been there—constant, dull, buried beneath everything else like something waiting its turn. I’ve learned to exist around it. To ignore it when I need to.This is different.This feels like…. absenc
Loren POV“It was you,” he whispered again.The words did not sound loud, but they seemed to travel further than they should have, settling heavily in the air and in the cell.No one moved at that moment.Mia stood beside me,her posture straight but tense, as though something inside her had locked i
Mia Heather POVThe moment the door clicked shut behind the last student, Liora stepped closer, eyes filled with concern. Brin hovered beside her, fingers nervously twisting the hem of her uniform."Are you– Are you really okay?" Liora asked, voice low, almost a whisper, as if speaking louder might







