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Chapter Three hundred and Forty
The creatures stepped into the clearing—six of them, moving like shadows given flesh.Their bodies were lean but powerful, their limbs long and unnaturally jointed. Their eyes glowed a sickly amber, tracking Selene with unsettling precision. Not Kael. Not Adrian.Her.Kael positioned himself directly between her and the approaching figures, muscles coiled, teeth gritted. Adrian circled to her other side, blades drawn, stance low and lethal.“Selene,” Kael murmured. “Stay behind us. No matter what.”But Selene couldn’t move.Not because of fear.Because something inside her recognized these creatures.A strange pressure built at the base of her spine, crawling through her ribs, tightening behind her eyes. The forest vibrated, the leaves trembling as if preparing for a storm.The lead creature sniffed the air, its nostrils flaring.“She’s awakened,” it croaked—in a voice too broken to be fully human.Selene’s breath caught. “It… spoke.”Adrian’s grip tightened. “They’re not supposed to
Chapter There hundred and Forty-one
Selene stood frozen, the ring of creatures circling her like predators sensing both prey and king. Her pulse raced, but a strange calm settled over her chest—a calm that belied the chaos around her. Every instinct screamed to run, but another, deeper instinct whispered: “Step forward. Own it.”Kael’s hand shot out, gripping her arm, pulling slightly. “Selene, no. Don’t—”But she shook him off. Not violently, not in anger, but with an authority she had never felt before. The air around her seemed to pulse in response, bending and quivering like liquid under invisible currents.Adrian’s eyes widened. “Kael… she’s not scared. She’s… claiming them.”The creatures hesitated. They shifted as though acknowledging a hierarchy they had never known. Their amber eyes, once burning with hunger and threat, now flickered with something else—recognition.Selene’s hands moved unconsciously, tracing patterns in the air. Power hummed at her fingertips, tiny threads weaving into the forest’s energy, tug
Chapter Three hundred and Forty-two
The shimmer in the trees thickened, darkened, and finally tore itself into shape.Something stepped into the clearing.It was tall—taller than any creature Selene had seen so far—its form humanoid but stretched, elongated as though carved from shadow and smoke. Its movements were fluid yet unnervingly deliberate, like a predator that never needed to hurry.The creatures surrounding Selene whimpered, lowering themselves even further, as if instinctively knowing they were suddenly the lesser shadows in the presence of something older… hungrier.Kael’s breath hitched. “That’s no forest sentinel.”“No,” Adrian murmured, eyes narrowing. “That’s something answering to her power.”Selene swallowed hard, her pulse pounding in her throat. The air around her trembled, vibrating with invisible pressure as the being approached. It did not move like a servant—no, it moved like a sovereign surveying an unexpectedly risen rival.Then it spoke.Not with a voice, but with resonance—a low vibration tha
Chapter Three hundred and Forty-three
The clearing held its breath.The shadow being towered before Selene, its smoke-woven limbs coiling like a patient storm, waiting—measuring. Around it, the forest creatures crouched in reverence, trembling. Every leaf, every root, every heartbeat within the woods seemed tethered to Selene’s next move.“Prove your dominion,” the being repeated, voice vibrating through the marrow of the earth.Selene’s pulse boomed like thunder in her ribs.But she didn’t move toward the being.She turned—slowly, deliberately—toward Adrian and Kael.Her voice, when it came, was soft… and terrifyingly steady.“What does it want me to do?”Adrian swallowed, forcing himself to stand his ground despite the raw power humming beneath her skin. “It wants you to submit. Or to destroy something to show you’re willing to claim power.”Kael spat to the side, blade glowing faintly as he tightened his grip. “These things only understand dominance. They serve whoever proves they can break the other.”Selene flinched.
Chapter Three hundred and Forty-four
The forest shifted.At first, it was subtle—just a rustle, a sigh, the quiet rearrangement of branches. But then the change deepened, rolling outward from the clearing like a living tide. Trees twisted their trunks to bow. Roots shuddered beneath the soil, aligning themselves toward Selene. Even the air rethreaded itself, dense with an eerie, reverent silence.Selene felt all of it.Not as commands.Not as obedience.But as attention—raw and unsettling.She inhaled shakily, still held upright by Adrian’s arms. The remnants of her power throbbed under her skin, not painful, but present—like a heartbeat that wasn’t fully hers.“Selene?” Adrian’s voice was soft, steady, trying not to betray the concern etched across his face.Kael stood a few paces away, blade sheathed, eyes darting around as if every flicker of movement could be a threat. But nothing in the forest moved against them—only for her.“Look,” he whispered.A ripple passed through the treetops, branches bending in a slow wave
Chapter Three hundred and Forty-five
Selene woke with the unsettling awareness that something in the world had rearranged itself while she slept. Not the physical world—her room was still dim, Adrian still sat at the edge of the bed watching over her, and Kael still lingered in the doorway like a dark, silent storm—but the world inside her had shifted again.Her fingertips tingled. Her heartbeat pulsed with an echo that wasn’t entirely human. And when her gaze flicked between the two men, she felt a rising pressure in her chest—an energy that was beginning to demand expression.She braced a hand against the sheets and slowly sat up.Kael took a step forward. Adrian instantly leaned closer.Selene’s breath hitched. Too close. Too much. Her senses fired like sparks—every sound sharper, every emotion in the room heavy enough to touch.“Selene,” Adrian murmured, carefully soft, “don’t push yourself. You’re still recovering from—”“From what, exactly?” Kael cut in with a low growl. “From him nearly letting her burn out? From
Chapter Three hundred and Forty-six
Selene didn’t sleep well—every time her eyes closed, she felt as if she were falling through layers of consciousness that didn’t belong to her. Voices she didn’t recognize whispered beyond the edges of her mind. Lights flickered behind her eyelids like distant galaxies pulsing in rhythm with her heartbeat.By morning, she wasn’t sure if she had actually rested or simply drifted through another realm entirely.When she opened her eyes, Adrian was still sitting nearby. Kael was leaned against the far wall, arms crossed, clearly awake and watching everything.Both men straightened at the same moment—the moment Selene exhaled.Because her breath came out in a soft, shimmering mist of silver.Adrian stood immediately.“Selene?”Kael pushed off the wall.“It’s starting already.”Selene touched her throat, startled.“I—I don’t feel cold. Why can I see my breath?”Adrian hesitated.“That’s not temperature. That’s energy.”Kael added, “Your core is waking up.”“My core?” she echoed, sitting up
Chapter Three hundred and Forty-seven
The creature’s words hung in the air like a curse—thin, ragged, and cold enough to bite through bone. Selene froze, her fingers tightening unconsciously against Adrian’s back. The harbinger—an entity she had never seen, never imagined—tilted its head toward her as if studying a long-lost artifact.Adrian moved first.“Selene, stay behind me,” he murmured, voice steady but razor-sharp.Kael raised his energy blade, the glow reflecting off the creature’s smoke-like skin.“That thing shouldn’t be anywhere near this facility. We sealed all dimensional breaches months ago.”Selene swallowed hard.“Then why… why is it here?”The harbinger drifted forward, its form shifting like fog. Its hollow eyes did not leave her—not once.Adrian whispered a curse under his breath.“It’s resonating with her awakening. Drawn to the surge.”Kael answered through clenched teeth, “Or summoned by it.”The harbinger lifted a trembling, vaporous hand. The air rippled outward like a stone dropped into water. Sel
Chapter Three hundred and Forty-eight
Selene didn’t sleep that night.The Citadel did.Its halls dimmed to a low hum, power levels stabilizing after the harbinger’s breach. The sentry orbs floated in quiet orbit, lights flickering in slow, rhythmic pulses. But Selene—she sat awake on the edge of the observation deck, staring at her hands while the faint silver glow beneath her skin pulsed like a heartbeat.She didn’t know whether the light belonged to her… or to the thing the harbinger claimed she would “unseal.”Behind her, soft footsteps echoed.Adrian.He didn’t knock, didn’t speak—he simply stepped into the room and settled beside her. For a long moment, they sat in silence, watching the Citadel’s night-lights flicker beneath the glass floor.“I thought you were resting,” he said quietly.“I tried,” she murmured. “My thoughts didn’t agree.”Adrian studied her—really looked at her—his concern no longer masked behind strategy or mission protocol. “The light is getting stronger.”“I know.” Selene rubbed her arms. “It’s l
Chapter Three hundred and Forty-nine: The Resonance Lab
The walk to the Resonance Lab felt longer than any corridor Selene had taken before. The Citadel was too silent—every panel, every floating drone, every strip of light seemed to hold its breath as she passed. And with each step, the silver threaded beneath her skin pulsed brighter, as if the walls themselves whispered back to her.Adrian walked half a step behind her.Kael walked ahead.Neither spoke.But the tension in the hallway thickened until Selene felt her heartbeat echoing in her ears.When the doors to the Resonance Lab slid open with a low, metallic sigh, a cold wave of synthetic air washed over her skin.The room was enormous—circular, with a domed ceiling humming with complex circuitry and mirrored glass. An octagonal platform occupied the center, surrounded by eight pillars that were arced upward like metallic ribs. Holographic scripts hovered around them like faint, glowing ghosts.Selene stopped at the threshold.Adrian sensed the hesitation and touched her elbow.“You’