the obsidian proxy
To keep the key would be to recreate the Syndicate’s principle of necessary control.
Elias Thorne, the woman who had been Proxy-917, kept her identity, but she redefined it. She was the Proxy of the Dawn—the eternal guardian against the darkness, who chose to sacrifice the power of control for the freedom of trust.
The long war was over. The Proxy had finally found her true purpose: not to kill the shadows, but to ensure the light always found its way.