Lucian's Undoing
The midwives hovered, helpless — the child would not come.
Above, unseen by mortal eyes, a single bulb — lost for centuries — flared once, briefly, like a dying star reigniting.
A pulse of light traveled across realms, striking the Heavenlies like a hammer blow.
In the Hall of Ascendancy, the Elders gasped as one, clutching at their chests.
"The sign," Amaria whispered, her old voice shaking. "It has chosen."
The bells of the Heavenlies rang out — not in mourning, nor warning, but in solemn, awed announcement.
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