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CHAPTER 52 – Price of SurrenderThe sparks from the fire circle faded into the air. Rowan tried to steady her breath, but the silence that followed felt heavy in a different way. Azeriel pushed himself upright, his hands shaking. Kai stood close, watching the ground like he expected it to split again.Rowan kept her hand over her chest, feeling the strange quiet where the bond used to pull. Her heartbeat felt almost empty without the constant pressure.Azeriel glanced at her. “Something isn’t right.”“I know.”Before she could say more, the ground trembled under their feet. A deep, slow vibration rolled across the summit. The rocks shifted, then cracked like thin ice. Kai grabbed Rowan’s arm.“Move back. The ground is changing again.”Rowan didn’t move. The vibration whispered through her bones. This wasn’t the same chaos from before. It felt focused, almost like a call.Azeriel shook his head. “Rowan, don’t stand so close.”She stepped forward instead.The mountain groaned. A thin li

CHAPTER 54 –The One Who StaysRowan stays in the center of the chamber with her hand still resting on the warm stone. The glow around her softens, almost settling into her breath. The room feels steady now, like it finally knows what it wants.Footsteps echo at the entrance.Rowan turns as Kai appears first, half bending over Azeriel, trying to hold him upright. Azeriel’s fire flickers around his skin in wild bursts, and each surge makes Kai flinch.“Kai, let go,” Azeriel mutters, pushing his hand away. “I can walk.”“You’re barely standing,” Kai says. “You shouldn’t be in here.”Rowan steps toward them. “He shouldn’t push himself. Not now.”Azeriel lifts his head when he hears her voice. His eyes search the chamber, then lock on her. Something inside him breaks at the sight.He pulls free from Kai and stumbles forward.“Rowan?” His voice cracks.Rowan takes a step to steady him, but the floor shifts under her feet. A soft thrum moves through the chamber like the sound of a deep heart

CHAPTER 56 – The CollapseThe moment Rowan touched Azeriel’s shoulder, his body jerked as if something snapped inside him. His eyes widened and a harsh gasp tore out of his chest. Heat rushed from him in a violent wave that pushed Rowan a step back.“Azeriel, look at me,” she said. “You’re losing control again.”“I know,” he forced out. His voice shook the way the chamber floor was beginning to tremble. “Rowan, something is wrong. It feels like something inside me is breaking.”Rowan tried to steady him but his fire burst again. The flames curled around his arms like angry ropes. They weren’t wild in the usual way. They were desperate, clinging to him as if they didn’t know where to go.“Azeriel, breathe,” she said. “Slow down. Think. You’re not alone.”Azeriel’s fingers dug into the stone floor. “It hurts. I can’t hold it.”The walls groaned. Actual cracks spread up the side of the chamber like lightning scars.Rowan’s heart jumped. “Azeriel, you are going to bring this entire room d

CHAPTER 58 – The Twin Flame RiteThe cavern settled around them, though the glow from the fire veins didn’t fade. It pulsed softly, alive but calm, and the heat no longer bit at Rowan’s skin. Instead, it seemed to breathe in rhythm with her own heartbeat.Azeriel stayed on the edge of the illuminated circle, his gaze darting between the glowing veins and Rowan’s steady flames. “This… this isn’t what I expected,” he admitted, his voice low, almost broken. “I thought the fire chose one of us. Not both.”Rowan shook her head, letting the warmth of her fire flow through her chest. “It’s not about who is stronger or who survives. It’s about balance. I think it’s showing us what we were meant to do.”A faint shimmer rose above the center of the cavern. Rowan’s eyes widened. Figures began to appear in the air, made of light and flame. They weren’t solid, but they moved like echoes of real people, performing gestures that looked like a ceremony. Rowan squinted, trying to make sense of the vis

CHAPTER 60 – The RisingThe cavern felt impossibly quiet after the storm of their flames. Rowan’s chest heaved as she let her fire settle, but the heat didn’t leave her. Instead, it lingered, coiling through her like a pulse she could feel in her bones. Azeriel mirrored her, hands still glowing faintly as their joined flames wound down without vanishing.“Do you feel that?” he asked, voice rough from the strain but calm, almost reverent.Rowan nodded, her fingers brushing his. “It’s… steady. Not like before. It’s listening, not lashing out.”Azeriel’s eyes followed the fire veins around the cavern, tracing the molten rivers that had once threatened to rip the mountain apart. Now they throbbed gently, pulsing in unison, like they were breathing with them. “It’s… beautiful,” he admitted quietly. “I never thought it could be calm. I thought it only knew chaos.”“You were wrong,” Rowan said, a small smile tugging at her lips. “It’s always wanted balance. It just needed us to find it.”He