The explosion of the Architect’s core lit the Lagos night sky like the birth of a new star. Blue and white energy erupted in a silent fireball that expanded across the horizon, shattering the remaining alien fleet into fragments that rained down like burning meteors. The hybrids on the ground convulsed and dissolved into glowing dust as the controlling signal died with their god. Rebel cheers rose from the streets below the ruined Apex tower, raw and triumphant, but on the rooftop where the final battle had ended, Alex and Damian stood in silence, holding each other amid the ashes.Alex’s swollen belly pressed between them, the hybrid child kicking softly now, as if sensing the end of the immediate threat. The leather collar around his throat and the platinum chain beneath it were streaked with blood and soot, but they remained intact symbols of the choice they had fought through time, mutations, and divine forces to preserve. Damian’s arms were locked around him, one hand cradling th
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