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she asked, glancing at my bags. I laughed. "Ethan spoiled me rotten," I admitted. Ember grinned. "Typical Ethan," she teased. "That's why I love Milan," Ember said. "The fashion capital of the world." I nodded enthusiastically. "I fell in love with the city," I said. Ember’s gaze shifted to Ethan. "You're corrupting Sarah with your luxury habits," Ember joked. Ethan chuckled. "Maybe just a little," he replied, smiling. Then Ember looked at me and wiggled her eyebrows.

CHAPTER 158 — EMBERS OF THE FALLEN The city’s skyline burnt with a quiet, smouldering fury. Streets that had once carried laughter and life now twisted into jagged paths of blackened concrete, scarred by Bishop’s fragment-fuelled rampage. But Riven stood at the centre, crown key in hand, heart pounding, eyes scanning the horizon. He could feel every pulse of Meridian, every breath, every heartbeat vibrating through his body. The city’s consciousness was alive, but it hung on the edge of fear.

He never asked me to; I never had to explain why. But there was something else I felt too. Something cold, lurking at the edges of the bond — not from him, but from somewhere far ahead. A presence. Watching. Waiting. We reached the northern ridge on the fifth day. The air turned dry and hot, even though snow still clung to the rocks. It shouldn’t have been possible — heat and frost in the same breath — but as we climbed the last hill, the answer appeared before us. The Ember Plains. A vast expanse of cracked earth stretched beyond the horizon, glowing faintly with veins of molten light beneath the surface. Waves of heat shimmered through the air, but above it, dark clouds churned like a stor

Leo asked. I thought about the fire that had broken through my binding, the ancient fury that had opened its eyes inside me and refused to be extinguished. I thought about Marcus, out there somewhere, still burning with whatever twisted rage drove him, and about how different that kind of fire was from what I wanted to build here. "Ember House," I said slowly, testing the words. "Because an ember isn't the destructive part of a fire. It's what's left after everything burns down — small, but still warm. Still alive. Still capable of starting something new if you're patient with it."

“Hi, Agnes. Long time no see. I wonder, by the time you see this video, will I already be dead? But even if I am, my body will stay here, just like these bones. So, Agnes, don’t forget to come and collect my corpse.” The air fell into a heavy silence. Even breathing seemed stifled. Then, the crowd erupted again, louder than before. “Don’t say that, Jacob! We’re sending people to look for you right now!” The video kept playing. I looked straight into the camera, speaking each word clearly. “I’ll record everything on Exile Island in my own way—to record how I walked toward my death and to record how the Yule family walks toward destruction. This video might never make it out, but I’ll find a w

And the Mer were moving to intercept the enemy, not to attack the town. He decided to take the information back to the Emissary so that her meeting could be cut short and she could seek shelter. As he rose again above the cloud cover, he saw a flicker of flame. It was far away but he knew and immediately changed direction. He could see from Ember’s flight pattern that she was exhausted. Her wings and hair looked dull, extinguished, and her face pale. Her clothing was ragged, and the exposed skin was bruised and scraped, and unhealed. He caught her to him as soon as he could, and she sobbed as she gripped his neck. There was something strapped across her body that was lumpy between them.

“That explains why it doesn’t spread like normal contagions. It doesn’t need to. The moment it makes contact, it doesn’t multiply—it replicates a state. It reprograms whatever it touches to behave like itself. Cold begets cold.” Emma added, “And warmth is the only counter-command.” Sarah snapped her fingers. “That’s why you can resist it. Your Ember isn’t just heat—it's a counter-rhythm. A living pulse. The virus wants stillness. The Ember is movement.” Steve groaned. “Can you two finish your science poetry after I stop seeing stars?” Emma smiled faintly, and her hands flared a bit brighter. “Hang on,” she whispered. “Just a little more.” ---

“Oh here Em. It’s a card you haven’t opened.” Em looked at the card with her name on the outside. She didn’t know who it could be from… She started reading, immediately realizing it was from Finley. It read: Dear Emerson, I hope you understand why I’m writing this, I don’t know if I could get through the words saying them face to face. I wanted to ask you a favor… even though you don’t owe me one. Please take care of Quinn. Our whole lives he’s taken care of everyone else. He sure took care of me. And I know he will take care of you. But he needs looking after too. He won’t let anyone else do it. But I know he’s opening up, and becoming a different and better person now. And that’s all becau

I whispered into Damien’s ear, just loud enough for only him to hear: “We’re unstoppable now.” He turned, eyes molten with love, and kissed me again…..slow, deep, claiming me not as a possession, but as an equal. As queen to his king in an empire we no longer inherited, but chose. Outside the glass walls, the city burned with light. And we stood…..reborn. As Damien and Elena stand at the top of their new empire, a message arrives. One word. Encrypted. “Ember.” It’s a codename Elena remembers from a childhood secret …….a person thought long dead…

She handed it to him wordlessly. “It’s encoded,” she said. “Buried inside one of Arion’s sermons. But here—this line: ‘Let the flame remember the forgotten names.’ That’s an anchor.” Xavier read aloud: “‘The Emberstone city lies beneath ash, where no vow holds, and no past returns unbroken.’” Ceres leaned forward. “That’s Vireloch. The buried city Lafar mentioned.” Maera nodded grimly. “The last place Arion hasn’t claimed.”