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Relic of the Forgotten Flame
The relic sat in the center of what had once been a demon warlord's trophy room, radiating power that made even the oath-bound Forsaken hesitate at the threshold.Azrael stood in the doorway, wings partially spread, feeling the pull of something deeply familiar yet utterly alien. The strike against the demon supply line had been brutal—twelve Forsaken casualties against four times as many demon dead. But they'd secured the warehouse and everything in it.Including this."We should leave it," Sariel said, her voice tight with unease. She'd taken point during the assault, fought with savage efficiency, but now she couldn't take her eyes off the object. "Whatever that thing is, it's not meant for us."The relic looked like a sword hilt without a blade. Black metal traced with patterns that shifted when viewed directly, never quite settling into a comprehensible shape. It hovered three feet above a stone pedestal, rotating slowly, surrounded by chains that had been severed—recently, from
Strike Against the Shadows
The war council met in the compound's largest chamber—what had once been a warehouse floor, now cleared of debris and marked with maps scavenged from a dozen sources. Azrael stood at the head of a scarred metal table, black flame flickering along his knuckles as he studied the intelligence spread before him."Here." Sariel's clawed finger tapped a junction point on the map. "Demon supply route. They've been funneling weapons and essence through this corridor for weeks. Hit it hard enough, and we cut off three major footholds at once."Vex leaned forward, his regenerating horns casting jagged shadows across the table. "It's also heavily fortified. At least two warbands guarding the shipments, maybe more. We'll be walking into a meat grinder.""Then we don't walk." Azrael's voice carried the weight of decision already made. "We hit them at dawn when their guard rotation shifts. Fast, brutal, gone before reinforcements arrive."Maya shifted beside him, arms crossed. Her expression was ca
Seeds of Betrayal
Thomas's body was found at dawn.A Forsaken patrol discovered him three blocks from the compound—chest opened by a single, precise wound that still carried traces of divine residue. His eyes were frozen wide, mouth locked in a scream that never finished. He'd been dead for hours."Angelic blade," Sariel confirmed, crouching beside the corpse. Her fingers hovered over the wound without touching it. "Clean kill. Professional. Whoever did this wanted him to die knowing exactly what was happening."Azrael stood over the body, black flame flickering along his arms as anger warred with something colder. Understanding. Recognition of a pattern he should have seen earlier."He was one of ours," Maya said quietly. She'd known Thomas, had helped him settle into the compound after the first exodus. "Why would the angels kill him?""Because he gave them what they wanted first."The words hung in the morning air. Maya's expression shifted from confusion to horror to denial."No. Thomas wouldn't—he
Ashes and Oaths
The dead numbered thirty-seven.Azrael stood in the compound's courtyard as the first light of full dawn broke over the ruined barriers, watching the Forsaken lay bodies in rows. Mortals mostly—their fragile forms hadn't withstood the violence as well as angelic or demonic flesh. But there were exiles too. A fallen angel whose wings had been torn away. Two demons who'd died shielding mortal defenders. Even one of the original Forsaken guards, her throat crushed by a celestial blade.They'd covered the bodies with whatever cloth could be spared. Sheets. Curtains. Someone's jacket. The makeshift shrouds were already stained with blood that had stopped flowing hours ago."We need to burn them before disease spreads," the priestess said, her voice carefully neutral. Professional. "Or bury them deep enough that scavengers won't dig them up.""Burn them," Azrael decided. "Let both realms see the smoke. Let them know the cost of their assault."Maya approached from the direction of the infir
The Forsaken Flame Rises
They came at dawn.Azrael felt them before he saw them—twin waves of pressure converging on his Dominion from opposite directions. Divine radiance bleeding through the eastern sky. Infernal heat warping the western air."Everyone up!" His voice cracked through the compound like thunder. "Battle positions, now!"The Forsaken scrambled from their makeshift barracks, snatching weapons and armor. Most had been asleep when the alarm sounded. Some were still half-dressed as they ran for the walls.Maya appeared at his side, rifle in hand—one of the mortal weapons that probably wouldn't help but made her feel less helpless. "How many?""Too many." Azrael's wings spread, black flames already wreathing the feathers. "Both realms sent everything they could spare."The eastern sky cracked, and angels poured through. Not scouts this time. Full combat wings—dozens of them, armored in celestial light, weapons blazing with holy fire. They descended in perfect formation, a wall of divine wrath aimed
Message to the Skies
The girl—her name was Kira, Azrael learned later—survived the night. Barely.She lay in the compound's makeshift infirmary, fever-hot and trembling, while the priestess worked to stabilize the transformation burning through her mortal frame. The oath-mark had spread up her arm to her shoulder, black spirals shot through with veins of gold. Each pulse matched her erratic heartbeat."Will she live?" Azrael asked.The priestess didn't look up from her work. "Ask me in three days. Right now her body's trying to decide if your flame is salvation or poison."Azrael watched Kira's chest rise and fall with shallow breaths. In the training ground, seventeen more mortals had tried to replicate what she'd done. Fourteen collapsed within seconds. Two managed to hold a flicker before their bodies rejected the power. One—a middle-aged man who'd lost his family in the initial attacks—had combusted from the inside out before anyone could stop him.The scorch mark was still visible on the warehouse fl
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