Kelvin fell.There was no ground.No walls.No sound.Only darkness.He tried to move.Nothing.His body felt weightless.Then something grabbed his arm.“Kelvin!”Jacob.Kelvin turned toward the voice.“Jacob?”“I’m here!”Another voice came from below.“Kelvin!”Leisa.Kelvin reached toward her.His fingers caught her hand.“I've got you!”A sudden force pulled them downward.Leisa screamed.Kelvin tightened his grip.“Don't let go!”“I’m trying!”Something slammed into Kelvin from behind.He released Leisa for half a second.Then another hand caught his shoulder.Gale.“Got you.”Kelvin looked down.Adrian was falling beneath them.Jacob was holding him.“This is getting ridiculous!” Jacob shouted.Then they hit something.Hard.Kelvin rolled across a cold stone floor.Jacob landed beside him.Leisa fell a few feet away.Gale landed on his back.Adrian crashed into a wall.For several seconds, nobody moved.Jacob groaned.“I hate underground places.”Kelvin slowly stood.The darkne

Nobody moved.The man looked exactly like the face Kelvin had seen in his memories.The same eyes.The same jaw.The same scar above his eyebrow.Kelvin's breathing stopped.“Father?”The man smiled.It was a small smile.But something about it made Kelvin's stomach tighten.Gale immediately stepped in front of Kelvin.“Stay behind me.”The man looked at Gale.“You still protect him.”Gale's grip tightened around his staff.“You're not him.”The man's smile disappeared.“You always were good at knowing when someone was lying.”Kelvin stepped around Gale.“Who are you?”The man looked at him.“I think you already know.”“No,” Kelvin said. “I don't.”The man's eyes moved toward the chamber around them.“You've spent your entire life searching for answers. Now you're afraid of them.”Kelvin's fists tightened.“My father died.”Gale looked at him.Kelvin turned.“You told me.”Gale said nothing.The man laughed softly.“Gale told you many things.”Kelvin looked back at him.“And lied abou

Kelvin fell.There was no ground beneath him.No walls.No sound.Just darkness.“Kelvin!”He heard Leisa's voice.He reached out.“Leisa!”Something grabbed his arm.Kelvin looked up.Gale was falling beside him.Jacob was below them.Adrian was farther away.And Amara—She was nowhere.“Where's my mother?” Kelvin shouted.Gale looked around.“I don't know!”A black force suddenly pulled Kelvin downward.He tried to fight it.Nothing happened.The six powers inside him were silent.Even Vella was gone.Kelvin's body dropped faster.Then something struck him.He landed on stone.Hard.For several seconds, he couldn't move.He heard groans around him.Jacob sat up.“Are we alive?”Adrian pushed himself up.“Unfortunately.”Leisa stood.“Where's Gale?”A hand reached from the darkness.“Here.”Gale pulled himself up.Kelvin looked around.They were inside a huge underground chamber.There were no machines.No cables.No modern structures.Only stone walls covered with symbols.At the ce

Kelvin stared at the old man.The man stood behind the black door with his hands behind his back.He didn't look afraid.He didn't look surprised.He looked like he had been waiting for Kelvin for a very long time.“Why did you create me?” Kelvin asked.The old man smiled.“Come inside.”Kelvin didn't move.Gale stepped beside him.“Don't listen to him.”The old man looked at Gale.“You still interfere.”Gale tightened his grip on his staff.“You've caused enough trouble.”The old man chuckled.“You always blamed the wrong people.”Kelvin looked between them.“You know him?”Gale didn't answer.The old man did.“He knows me very well.”Kelvin stepped forward.“Then tell me his name.”The old man smiled.“You don't need my name.”“I asked you a question.”The man's smile disappeared.“My name is Dr. Arlen.”Kelvin's eyes narrowed.“Dr. Arlen.”The name felt strangely familiar.He searched his memories.Nothing.Then Vella's voice whispered inside his mind.Kelvin.“What?”I've heard th

The seventh symbol entered Kelvin's chest.A sharp wave of pain passed through his entire body.Kelvin dropped to one knee, gripping his chest as black light spread across his skin.“Kelvin!” Leisa shouted.She rushed toward him, but Gale grabbed her arm.“Wait!”“Let me go!”“Look at him!”Kelvin's body was shaking.The six symbols that had entered him earlier began glowing beneath his skin, but the seventh remained different. It moved through his chest like a living thing before settling directly over his heart.Kelvin screamed.The chamber shook.Arlen stepped backward with a satisfied smile.“Yes.”The first vessel looked at him with anger.“What have you done?”Arlen ignored him.“It is complete.”Kelvin slowly raised his head.His eyes had changed.One was glowing with a pale light while the other was completely black.Arlen looked at him.“You finally have all seven.”Kelvin struggled to stand.“What did you put inside me?”“The final piece.”Arlen raised his hand.The six symb