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“Hello, Sophia.”Sophia couldn’t move.Her heart stopped.Her lips trembled.“Adrian…”The name escaped her mouth like a forgotten prayer.The man standing before her smiled.The same smile.The same eyes.The same face.The same voice that had haunted her dreams for years.But that was impossible.Adrian was dead.She had watched him die.She had held him in her arms.She had cried until she couldn’t breathe.She had buried him.She had mourned him.And yet…he was standing there.Alive.Older.Stronger.Darker.Lucien immediately moved in front of her.“Don’t go near her.”Adrian looked at him.Then laughed.“Still playing the hero?”Lucien’s expression hardened.“Who are you?”Adrian smiled.“You know exactly who I am.”“I know the man Sophia loved.”Adrian’s eyes narrowed.“Loved?”He looked at Sophia.“Is that what you told him?”Sophia’s heart sank.“What are you talking about?”Adrian stepped closer.“You didn’t love me.”Sophia shook her head.“Don’t.”“You used me.”“Stop.”“

“The Creator was only my first child.”The words shook reality.Sophia stared at the enormous hand emerging from the裂开的 sky.It was larger than a planet.Larger than a universe.Its fingers wrapped around the edges of reality as though existence itself were nothing more than a curtain.The Creator was trembling.Sophia had never seen him afraid.Not when Azrael betrayed him.Not when The End awakened.Not even when the Original emerged.But now…he was terrified.Sophia tightened her grip around Lucien’s hand.“Who is that?”The Creator couldn’t answer.“Tell me!”His lips trembled.“My Father.”The baby in Sophia’s arms giggled.“Grandfather.”Everyone froze.The Creator looked at the child.“Don’t call him that.”The baby’s smile disappeared.“Why?”“Because he doesn’t deserve the name.”A deep laugh rolled across the universe.The hand stopped moving.Then a voice answered:“Still rebellious after all these years.”The Creator looked upward.“You should have stayed away.”“I was ne

“And now I’m here to collect what you owe me.”Sophia couldn’t breathe.The creature stood before her, wrapped in darkness.It wasn’t merely dark.It was the absence of light.The absence of warmth.The absence of everything she had ever known.Even the First Father remained on his knees.Lucien stepped forward.“Stay away from her.”The creature slowly turned its head.“You still believe you can protect her?”Lucien tightened his grip on his weapon.“I don’t care who you are.”The creature smiled.“That is why she loves you.”Sophia’s eyes narrowed.“You know me.”“I know everything about you.”“Then tell me your name.”The creature stepped closer.“You already gave me one.”Sophia’s heart raced.“What?”It leaned toward her.“Fear.”The Thing Before CreationSophia’s mind suddenly exploded with memories.She saw nothing.Then herself.Not human.Not divine.Not even a soul.Just consciousness.She remembered the beginning.Before the First Father.Before the Creator.Before the univ

“Save your family… or save the universe.”Sophia stared at the two sides of the battlefield.On her left stood Lucien.Cain.Her seven children.Adrian.The people she loved most in existence.On her right stood millions of innocent souls.Men.Women.Children.Entire civilizations.People who had never even heard her name.People who had done nothing to deserve death.Above them all stood the First Father.He wore her father’s face.He held the Ninth Flame.And he was smiling.“You have ten seconds.”Sophia’s heart pounded.“You’re lying.”The First Father laughed.“Am I?”He snapped his fingers.A little girl appeared among the millions.She was crying.“Please…”Sophia closed her eyes.“Don’t do this.”The First Father smiled.“Nine.”Lucien shouted:“Sophia, don’t listen to him!”“Eight.”Cain stepped forward.“Mother, save them.”Sophia looked at him.“What?”Cain swallowed.“Save the people.”Lucien looked at him.“Cain…”Cain turned toward his mother.“We’re your family.”His v

“You finally noticed.”Sophia couldn’t move.Lucien stood only a few steps away.His face was familiar.His body was familiar.His eyes…were not.They were completely black.Not the darkness of anger.Not the darkness of possession.Something deeper.Something ancient.Something that had been watching her for longer than she had been alive.Sophia slowly stepped backward.“Lucien?”He didn’t answer.Adrian grabbed her arm.“Don’t go near him.”Sophia stared at the man she loved.“But that’s Lucien.”Adrian shook his head.“No. That’s what he wants you to believe.”Lucien finally smiled.“Adrian.”Adrian froze.The voice wasn’t Lucien’s.It was deeper.Older.Almost impossible to hear.“How long have you known?”Adrian’s face tightened.“Since the Void.”Lucien laughed.“You should have told her.”“I tried.”“No.”Lucien’s black eyes moved toward Sophia.“You were afraid she would stop loving me.”Sophia’s heart broke.“Lucien…”The figure smiled.“Yes?”“Where is he?”Silence.“Where