The stronghold shook as the stones screamed.The Gate’s roar spread through the mountain like a living thing awakening beneath old bones.Inside the Heart Chamber, silver light exploded from Lucas’s daughter in violent waves.Lucas tightened his grip around her small body.“Look at me,” he said urgently, dropping to one knee before her. “Hey… stay with me.”Her eyes were glowing too brightly.there was too much power. Too much pain.“dad…” she whispered weakly.The word nearly destroyed him.Twenty years of blood and pretending.Twenty years buried inside Vincent’s nightmare.And somehow, this child existed, His child, alive and terrified.Vincent had stolen even this.he slowly rose.The chamber trembled violently around them.The Gate behind Vincent widened another few inches.Darkness poured through the crack in reality.Lily stepped beside Lucas, blades dripping black ash from the Wraith Wolves she’d cut down.Her breathing was controlled as her eyes flickered toward the child.“
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