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The men answered, “Yes, General!” So, the fight was longer than usual. Before, it was only five dots. I bet my life to guess that this was going to be dragging and nerve-wrecking for everyone. I wondered if many could take blows for fifteen dots straight! I heard from my father that fifteen dots was equal to thirty minutes on the planet Earth. As for me, the long dots wasn’t a problem. I could revitalize as many times as possible and I could immediately heal myself if needed. Well, for minor injuries mainly. Since I was not a pure Arcturian, I would bleed and die like Aryans—but most probably longer than they do.

See you there. Seventeen hours before we stepped into Damon’s snare. To get ready for war, 17 hours.

"At current rate—fourteen minutes. After that, reality fragmentation spreads faster than we can contain it even if the Architects stop attacking. Existence enters terminal cascade." Fourteen minutes to decide the nature of reality forever. "We need to discuss this," Zack said. "Privately." "You have sixty seconds," the lead Architect said. "Then we accelerate the timeline collapse. Your revolution will drown in the blood of your principles." The three of us moved to a corner of our dimensional space, desperately trying to coordinate without the bond that had made us function as one. "We have to accept," Drake said immediately. "Fourteen minutes until terminal cascade. We cannot—"

“Oh..I definitely do, Major….Hmm….if it like this…then I will need a lot of things set up first…..when should I depart?…”.(Sergeant Leku) “Well…you got 24 hours to plan…and after that another 24 hours to depart…this mission need to be done in haste…before His Highness started the war again…”.(Major Holgun Iron Horn) “48 hours then….good enough…alright it’s better to get started now…”.(Sergeant Leku)

“One run. Just… one. Before Ravenwood, before the council, before all of it.” Zeviar met Orion’s gaze, a silent question passing between them. “We have four hours,” Orion pressed, the urgency clear in his tone. “Three of those are for the drive,” Zeviar countered, his voice measured. “So, one hour,” Orion declared, tilting his head. “Unless you’re going to tell me you don’t want to?” A beat of silence stretched, pregnant with unspoken thoughts. Something flickered across Zeviar’s face, a fleeting shadow of hesitation, then it settled. “One hour.”

I agreed. I spent the rest of the day trying to stay busy. Cleaned the already-clean cabin. Made food I didn't eat. Checked and rechecked the locks. Anything to avoid thinking about the battle that would start in—I checked the time—fourteen hours. Fourteen hours until Jeremy led an assault against one hundred and fifty mercenary wolves with vampire allies. Fourteen hours until everything either ended or got catastrophically worse. I tried to pray to the Moon Goddess. Tried to believe in fate and destiny and divine plans.

"Then we end this." "Four days," I agree. Through the window, I can see the sun setting. Painting the forest gold and red. Somewhere in those mountains, Kessler is preparing his next shipment. His next sale. His next batch of humans turned into weapons. But he doesn't know we're coming. Doesn't know the Dormant Luna just united five packs under one purpose. Doesn't know his time is running out. Four days. And then we burn his world down.

Except for the low hum of the legacy root. And the steady advance of red markers across the map. Forty-eight hours. Until someone decided what we were worth.

he said, his voice low, “Sarah has had 72 hours. That’s the maximum amount of time the conscious mind can remain tethered before the anchor… cements. After that, the connection severs for good. She will never wake up.” The room went utterly still. Seventy-two hours. He looked down at his watch, then back up at us. “And I’m afraid,” he said, his voice cracking with the weight of it, “we’ve already wasted so much time.” He looked from his watch to Raiden, his words landing like a death sentence. “I’m saying we have 48 hours tops left.”

Outside the war room windows, the sky is shifting from black to grey—dawn coming whether we’re ready or not. Forty-eight hours. That’s all we had left. But right now? We’re just two people holding each other while the world burns. I think that’s enough.