Chapter 28 – The CurseValenfort’s earth cracked. From the city’s core, black blood boiled like lava, spreading through ruined streets. Above, the moon vanished entirely — only crimson reflections on collapsed towers.Lucien opened his eyes amid ash. Everything was eerily silent, save his slow, heavy heartbeat. In his hand, Evelyn’s blood-drop still glowed faintly — fragile light in the apocalypse.He remembered the final moment: her breath, broken voice, sorrowful gaze as she dissolved into the gate. Then, in the stillness, another sound — a laugh, deep, resonant, cold as earth’s depths.Azrael.Lucien froze. He’d heard this voice in nightmares, but now it was real.“You did what no prior generation dared,” the voice echoed through space, merging with wind. “You opened the final seal, Blood King.”Lucien clenched his fist. “I didn’t do it to wake you.”“But you did,” Azrael replied, voice tolling like a funeral bell. “You chose love over order. And love’s price… is always blood.”T
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