Three days passed after Lilith’s return, and nothing happened.That was the worst part.I had expected an attack. Expected her to push harder, to test our defences, to send void creatures screaming through the breaches she had left open. Instead, there was silence. The four breach structures hummed quietly at their locations across the continent, steady and patient, just like their creator.The pack did not handle the waiting well.I walked through the fortress corridors on the morning of the fourth day and felt the tension in the air as clearly as I felt the cold wind. Warriors stood in tight groups, speaking in low voices that stopped when I passed. Omega servants moved faster than usual, heads down, afraid of something they could not name. Even the children who normally ran freely through the courtyard were quieter, kept close to their parents by instinct.Fear was spreading. Not the sharp fear of immediate danger but the slow, rotting fear of not knowing when something terrible wo
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