All Chapters of Beneath the Ashes, He Rose: Chapter 91
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Chapter 91: Legion Twins
A tempest of abnormal wind caused the penthouse in the Harrington Tower to tremble. Paper was scattered across the marble floors as the curtains whipped like mad snakes. As Tatiana gazed up at her sons, Phoenix and Ash, hanging in space, their bodies floating with an elegance that defied gravity, her heels clicked against the glass balcony. At first sight, their eyes glowed like blue fire, but when Tatiana's stomach turned in terror, she saw that the color changed to Benjamin's icy, obsidian black."Tatiana," a voice that was neither machine nor human crept through the room, echoing eerily. "Get down on your knees or see your legacy turned to ash."Benjamin's body was not his, but his words were. Her children had become a channel for his shattered consciousness. Her boys, Phoenix and Ash, appeared to be heavenly kids, yet the atmosphere around them shouted demonic might. Tension bubbled in the very air. Windows flexed as if the structure itself was afraid of the twins' concentrated mi
Chapter 92: Blood Ransom
The broken glass of the penthouse in Harrington Tower was illuminated by the morning sun, which glinted on the pieces that were scattered around the floor like frozen sparks. As the aftermath of the storm from the previous night settled into a tense stillness, heavy, metallic dust lingered in the air. A few feet above the fractured marble, Phoenix and Ash hovered, their wings trembling, their bodies brittle and alternating between Benjamin's shadow and human purity.With her hands pressed against the lads' quivering bodies, Tatiana knelt on the ground. Despite her mind racing with the awareness that the serum's impact would not persist, her lips moved in a silent prayer. Every moment was important.Bloodied but determined, Alexander grasped a chalice of crimson liquid that glistened strangely in the broken sunlight. He had created the serum, which contained a hazardous mixture of biochemical modifications intended to keep Benjamin unconscious long enough to purchase time.Alexander re
Chapter 93: Shotgun Queen
Fragments of glass were still floating languidly through the air, catching the early light, and the penthouse ceiling moaned beneath the strain. With their wings folded, Phoenix and Ash lingered in midair, trembling with the last of Benjamin's dwindling energy. As a last-ditch effort to keep the boys safe from the psychological tempest, Tatiana held them tight.Then there was a loud, sharp boom as the elevator doors exploded open, followed by a metallic click. Cradling a shotgun like a weapon of heavenly fury, Mira charged in. The entire air trembled as her eyes flashed with a ferocious fury."My brothers!" she cried in a voice racked with rage and despair.Ash and Phoenix froze in midair. partially out of astonishment, partially out of reflex protection, their wings flared. "She's human," Benjamin's low, discordant voice said, echoing in their heads like a warning hiss. She doesn't matter. I'll eat her up before you do anything.Mira, however, was not your typical person. She had tra
Chapter 94: Smoke Vanish
The penthouse was in ruins. The sharp smell of blood and ozone mixed with smoke curling from broken glass and charred walls. Tatiana checked the babies' pulse while kneeling next to them. The serum was still holding Benjamin's waning presence in place as Phoenix and Ash were breathing and their wings were shaking but remained grounded. However, there was a slight, nearly undetectable stirring.The air changed before anyone could respond. The penthouse floor shimmered with a little ripple that resembled a heatwave. The twins' eyes darted to one another when their chains rattled. Then they abruptly and violently disappeared, leaving only the slightest hint of brimstone in the air as smoke erupted from their shapes."Where did they go, exactly?" Tatiana let out a gasp and gripped the vacant area where they had been only a moment before.With his wings drooping and his head in his hands, Alexander slid into the charred floor. The twins had been anchored by the serum, but they had suffered
Chapter 95: Round Two
The cool morning air over the National Mall was laden with the sinister specter of inevitable fate. The twins' sandcastle continued to emit smoke, which curled upward against the pure sky like black ribbons. Tatiana stood with her arms folded and her mouth clenched at the edge of the reflecting pool, gazing down at what Ash and Phoenix had left behind. The peace was a deception, every instinct told her."They're more than just toys," she muttered in a firm yet hushed voice. "The battlefield is being set by them."With her shotgun slung loosely in her arms, Mira's petite frame shuffled next to her. The seven-year-old's face was pallid, the residual echo of Benjamin's presence in her brothers casting a shadow over her typical fiery resistance. Mira was grounded when Tatiana's hand touched her shoulder."They are no longer my brothers," Mira said in a shaky whisper. "They're... something different."Tatiana squinted her eyes. After that, we handle them as such. Without hesitation.Isabel
Chapter 96: Black-Eyed Mira
There was silence on the National Mall, but the serenity was false. Above the sidewalk, smoke from the broken sandcastle hung in twisted spirals, capturing the early morning light and creating unsettling shadows on the reflecting pool. Tatiana's fingers gripped her shotgun more tightly as her eyes scanned the wreckage. She could sense in her bones that the silence was fleeting.The air then changed. The remains of the sandcastle were encircled by a sharp, electric whisper of wind. Mira emerged first, into the open with a self-assurance that no youngster had ever shown. However, Tatiana's chest was shocked by her eyes, which were black, bottomless, and incredibly empty."Mira..." Fear and incredulity fought in Tatiana's voice as she exhaled.With an unnervingly calm smile on her lips, Mira cocked her head. "Mother," she uttered in a voice that was not her own. Benjamin's distinctive tone is deep, baritone, and commanding.Knives started levitating about Mira in a silent, lethal orbit b
Chapter 97: Sand Cathedral
Constructed from the remains of sand, smoke, and sheer psychic might, the cathedral's spires reached an unbelievable height. Every arch and buttress hummed with Benjamin's voice as it sparkled in the dawn light, creating a symphony of warped power that reverberated around the National Mall. Energy crackled in the air, creating a pressure that made hearts pound and lungs hurt.With the halo of blades revolving around her like a steel crown, Mira seemed to float in the middle of the church. Ash and Phoenix hovered close by, their wings spread wide and their feathers glistening with a mixture of black and silver that appeared to absorb light. The twins were no longer merely possessed; they were now the cathedral's rulers, and their presence demanded terror and awe.Phoenix's voice, enhanced by Benjamin's baritone, was a hideous counterfeit of spiritual authority as he intoned, "Mira… Pope of Vengeance." The Whitaker-Harrington tradition has been revived. Come along, Tatiana. Take your pl
Chapter 98: Glass Inferno
As Alexander's enormous, black-feathered wings spread out and caught the rising sun like molten metal, the cathedral trembled. His feathers unleashed a torrent of fire that ignited the sand-formed spires that shimmered like crystallized hell and scorched the glass walls. The cathedral's structure was distorted by the heat, and sand and crystal fragments began to fall like sharp hail.With knives circling her like a lethal halo, Mira screamed while hung in space, her voice blending with Benjamin's baritone. "No! Our dominion is this! Alexander's fire was pushed back by her wings, which were half demonic and half angelic. She was mirrored by Phoenix and Ash, whose wings caught the fire and flames slid over their silver and black feathers, exposing skin that had started to solidify into translucent glass.The church started to shine from within as the heat increased. Every nook and cranny of the mall was reflected as light bounced off the walls and dispersed into prisms. The youngsters w
Chapter 99: Maternal Sacrifice
The National Mall was covered in shadows that stretched like claws as the cathedral shook, a cathedral of fire and glass. Benjamin's chorus, which had previously swept through the glass children like a tidal wave of supremacy, now failed, leaving only one trembling note to reverberate through the atmosphere. Beneath the thin glass skin, the faint pulse of their old selves revealed a flicker of uncertainty, yet Mira, Phoenix, and Ash hovered at the peak of their might, blades circling, wings flailing.Tatiana heaved her chest. Fire, bullets, and holy water had all failed to break through the façade of ownership. The only remaining choice was to make a sacrifice that would jeopardize everything, including her life. With her hands shaking and her gaze focused on the trinity, she came forward and drew a ceremonial dagger, its edge shining in the broken light."I offer myself," she said in a voice that was almost audible over the raging energy storm. Her resolve was reflected in the childr
Chapter 100: Healed Queen
Melted gold poured across the devastated landscape as the sun rose over the National Mall. Glass buildings and sandcastles, twisted creations of a battle that had altered reality itself, gleamed in the dawn light. The smell of scorched sand and melted glass was a reminder of the mayhem that had just occurred as smoke hung low in the air and curled in languid spirals. Innocent, pure, and unaware of the evils that had formerly ruled them, the three children, Mira, Phoenix, and Ash, tottered in the aftermath amid the wreckage, their small feet making impressions on the scorched sand.With her chest clenched and her fingers idly stroking the subtle warmth of the phoenix tattoo rising across her flesh, Tatiana stood at the edge of the chaos. Beneath the rising sun, the blazing wings spread from her collarbone across her chest, glowing scarlet and golden. The rhythm of her own heartbeat, which had just been about to stop, seemed to be pulsing through each feather. She flexed her hands, sens