BOUGHT BY CRUELEST ALPHA
The purified shard pulses gently in the Child’s trembling hand, its light clean, serene, and terrifying in its latent power.
The Council observers stare, frozen, null-rods half-raised, faces masks of disbelief and fear.
The Child looks from the paralyzed Archivist to the shard, to me. The cosmic chill is gone. Only shock remains. And a dawning, terrible understanding. They clutch the purified shard, the light reflecting in their wide, vulnerable eyes.
I sway, the backlash of channeled chaos and absorbed corruption a physical blow. The Hierarch’s trapped essence shrieks in furious protest. The Alpha paces, restless. Kieran is silent. The land weeps.
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