Akeel reached Second Spark Workshop after using several short teleportation jumps through quiet streets. Once inside, he locked the door and sat at his workbench.The restless pressure inside his core had returned now that he was far from Danaya.Before he could contact Cyrus, his Crystal Link vibrated.“Powerful energy signatures can sometimes create a steady rhythm between two cores,” Cyrus said. “It usually develops after their energies interact many times. Stronger cores make the effect easier to notice, especially when they have affected each other during dangerous events.”“How rare is it?” Akeel asked.“Most healers will never see it themselves,” Cyrus replied. “It is even rarer when one core carries several active energy paths.”Cyrus knew that Akeel’s core was unusually complex, but he did not know about every ability Akeel had copied.“Could a legal energy seal cause this?” Akeel asked.“Not on its own,” Cyrus replied. “A normal marriage seal is too weak. However, repeated c

Akeel changed his plans at once. Cassian’s lie still mattered, but finding the healer connected to Selene’s childbirth mattered far more.“Do not approach the healer,” Akeel said.“You want us to watch the person instead?” Cyrus asked.“Yes,” Akeel replied. “Monitor the private rooms, professional entrances, registration records, and every exit. I want to know who this healer meets before they learn that we found them.”Akeel placed Theron’s old token inside his pocket. It could not lead him to the healer as a tracking device would. However, it had reacted to the strange energy around Selene’s blocked channels, the damaged memory crystal, and the hidden mark in the healer’s message.That might be enough to help him identify the person.Akeel arrived at the symposium under his normal identity. Seraphine was waiting near the main entrance, and her face brightened when she saw him.“You came,” Seraphine said.“I said I would,” Akeel replied.He remained beside her as they entered. Seraph

Virella recovered quickly.“I know nothing about a second child,” Virella said. “You are twisting a damaged record because you want another excuse to attack me.”“Then why did you react before anyone else understood what the record meant?” Akeel asked.Virella’s breathing remained steady, and her heartbeat had already returned to a controlled rhythm. Akeel kept Supersense active, but he did not treat her earlier reaction as proof. Virella had enough experience to control her body, and a quick change in her heartbeat could not tell him exactly what she knew.Aldric turned toward the portable Bloodline Archive.“Open the rest of the birth record,” Aldric ordered.The formation did not respond. Aldric released his patriarch seal and tried again, but a message appeared above the terminal.ACCESS LIMITED BY ORIGINAL MEDICAL SEAL.“That seal belongs to Theron’s old medical authority,” Elias said as he studied the glowing symbols.“Theron could access records that even the patriarch could no

Akeel kept his eyes on the hidden healer.“Who gave the order?” he asked.The healer’s face tightened, and several seconds passed before they replied.“If I give you a name without proof, both of us could be dead before morning,” the healer said.“Is that person still alive?” Akeel asked.The healer hesitated again.Akeel quietly activated Supersense, sharpening his hearing until he could pick out the healer’s heartbeat and the small changes in their breathing. The heartbeat had become faster. The fear was real, but that still did not tell him why they were afraid. The healer could be protecting someone, or they could simply fear a secret they did not fully understand.Akeel decided not to force the same question.“What happened to the second child?” he asked.“Theron never told me where the child was taken afterward,” the healer replied. “I only know what I saw. Selene gave birth to two living children. One remained with the family, while the other disappeared from the medical area.

“Against the missing Akeel,” Akeel replied.Cyrus did not answer immediately. He looked at the preserved records spread across the table, then at the fresh blood sample Akeel had already provided.“Your blood is not the problem,” Cyrus said. “We have already confirmed that Selene is your biological mother. The problem is the sample connected to the missing Akeel. Our earlier comparison depended on an old Corvain bloodline record, and we now know someone altered parts of that archive.”Akeel understood the problem. Running another test against the same questionable record would only give them another result they could not fully trust.“We need an independent sample,” Cyrus continued. “Something created before anyone had a reason to change the Corvain family records.”Akeel’s attention moved toward Theron’s old token.Theron had known that Selene gave birth to two children. He had investigated the changed birth record, preserved private memories outside the normal archive, and hidden ev