The Abandoned Luna's Return
"You were always just the spark plug. Now that the engine is running, you are redundant."
I clawed at the man’s hand, my chrome scales scraping against his skin. "My... father?"
"My name is Dr. Aris Vance," he said, and the name felt like a curse. "I didn't just give you my name, Elara. I gave you your soul. I took a fragment of the ancient Vespera DNA from a fossil and spliced it with my own. I grew you in a lab, watched you in the simulation, and waited for you to love that shadow-boy enough to ignite the White Fire."