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Then another memory hit—the screensaver, the video, Liana’s words in the restroom. Something clicked. I pulled out my phone, opened the video again, and zoomed in. “Alex!” I hissed, tears rushing to my eyes as if they had been given permission to escape. The signs were there, but I was too blind to see them. I hurried home. Thankfully, Margaret wasn’t in. I dumped out my school bag, spilling everything onto the floor. I searched frantically until my eyes found it—the diamond necklace. My brows furrowed. The main diamond was shaped like the letter L.

and even a few Hollowed spirits, trapped in jars of pressurized light. "If we destroy the Obelisk," Aero said, his solar form flickering in the presence of so much dampening energy, "do they die?" "If we don't," Lyra replied, looking up at the ceiling where the foundations of Thorne Manor sat directly above them, "there won't be anyone left to save. The Obelisk is reaching for the Crystalline Silence. It’s going to plug the Future into the Source." Suddenly, the cables around them began to twitch like snakes. The ground shifted as three Architects—the ten-foot giants of glass—stepped out from the shadows of the Obelisk.

“You’re more valuable than that.” The car slowed. Isabelle’s breath caught when she saw the building Marchetti International Tower, all black glass and clean lines, rising like a blade among the skyline. Cameras flashed already. Reporters clustered behind barricades. Her pulse spiked. “So this is how you plan to introduce me,” she said. “As proof of life?” “As proof of stability,” Dante corrected. “They need to see you. Alive, Calm, and Unafraid.” She laughed once, sharp. “You really don’t ask for much.”

CHAPTER 13 – THE SHATTERED ILLUSION Althea’s POV “Stop shaking,” I whispered to myself. But my hands wouldn’t listen. The photograph lay on my lap innocent, harmless, and at the same time the most horrifying thing I had ever seen. Damian. Darius. Side by side. Same face. Same eyes. Same jawline. But only one of them had the tiny, faint scar at the corner of his right eyebrow. And it wasn’t Damian.

"At least now... he passed away watching you." At that instant, a part of me shattered—a fragile link finally giving way under the weight of everything I had endured. My cries overwhelmed me fiercely and swiftly, shaking my entire body. Dante’s hand glided softly down my back, nearly tender. "You'll learn to obey eventually," he whispered. "They always do." His voice echoed in the vacant hallways of my mind while the darkness surrounded me, drawing me into the abyss. Still, I found it impossible to hate him. ---------------

At the center of the chamber stood a towering obelisk, its surface adorned with intricate symbols that pulsed with ethereal energy. Sasha approached the obelisk, her hand reaching out to touch its surface. As her fingertips made contact, a surge of power coursed through her, filling her with a sense of purpose. "Alec, I think this is it," she exclaimed, her voice tinged with excitement. "This obelisk, it's the key to unlocking the secrets of the astral realm." Alec joined her side, his eyes wide with wonder. "But how do we use it?"

A shiver ran down my spine. "Do you feel it?" “Her voice lowered this time. Less intrusive. “This is where they brought me to an end.” I exhaled shakily. Then let’s end them. We made our way into the chamber in silence. The last tether loomed in the middle—a colossal obelisk hewn of black stone, filaments of silver energy rippling just beneath the surface. It was alive. Jameson tensed. “I don’t like this.”

I nodded to Nathan and we both got out of the car slowly, not really sure if we wanted to go in. I stepped over the threshold of the place I called home for the past few months. The once spotless foyer laid out destroyed in front of my eyes. The pristine tile was crumbling under the once majestic chandelier that gravity helped explode on the shining surface. Glass littered the ground that wasn't occupied from other debris. The dark pattern of a wolf and moon was almost indistinguishable by now.