2025-02-20 06:41:42Titan’s Core Chamber
Kiera’s breath came shallow and fast. The weight in her chest had doubled, pressing against her ribs like something was trying to crawl out from inside her.
The vision. The Core’s voice.
The warning.
She wasn’t just changing.
She was becoming something else.
Jace pulled her to her feet. His grip was firm, but his eyes were sharp with concern. “We’re leaving. Now.”
Kiera tried to focus, but her mind was spinning. The whispers hadn’t stopped. They had only grown louder.
“Not yet.”
Jace frowned. “What?”
Kiera blinked. Had she said that?
The words had come from her mouth, but she hadn’t meant to say them.
Jace’s grip tightened. “Kiera, snap out of it.”
She forced herself to nod. Move. Just move.
They turned toward the exit.
Then—
The ship’s emergency alert blared in their earpieces.
Jace froze. “What the hell?”
Kiera’s HUD flickered to life with a warning.
INCOMING VESSELS DETECTED.
UNIDENTIFIED HOSTILES APPROACHING.
Her stomach twisted.
They weren’t alone.
They sprinted through the frozen corridors, boots slamming against the metal flooring. Kiera’s pulse pounded with every step.
Jace tapped his communicator. “Horizon’s Edge, respond!”
Silence.
Then—static.
Followed by a distorted voice.
“…No escape… no escape… no escape…”
Jace cursed. “Damn it. The signal’s jammed.”
Outside, the sky lit up.
Flashes of red and orange sliced through Titan’s atmosphere as massive ships descended from orbit. The thick methane clouds warped around them, crackling with energy.
Kiera’s heart skipped a beat.
The ships weren’t human.
They were waiting for us.
Jace grabbed her arm. “We need cover—now!”
They ran.
Behind them, something hit the ground hard. A deep, bone-shaking thud as the first enemy ship landed.
Then came the sound.
Not words. Not a mechanical hum.
A deep, guttural chittering.
Kiera froze.
Jace turned, raising his weapon. “What the hell is that?”
A shadow moved through the mist.
Then another.
Then dozens.
Shapes crawling out of the wreckage, their forms flickering in and out of sight.
Then—
They stepped into the light.
And Kiera felt something inside her break.
They weren’t human.
Not entirely.
Tall, gaunt figures with elongated limbs. Their skin was black as obsidian, but it wasn’t solid—it shifted, like liquid metal flowing over bone. Their heads were smooth, featureless except for their mouths—jagged, splitting too far open, revealing rows of needle-like teeth.
And their eyes… Silver.
Just like hers.
Kiera stumbled back. “No. No, no, no—”
Jace fired first. The rifle’s pulse rounds tore through the closest figure—but instead of falling, it re-formed instantly, twisting its body like liquid, its head snapping toward them.
Then it charged.
“MOVE!” Jace roared.
Kiera barely had time to react before the first creature was on them. It moved too fast, a blur of twisting limbs and shifting mass.
Jace fired again, but it was useless.
The creature’s arm morphed into a blade and swung for Kiera’s throat.
Time slowed.
Her veins burned.
And before she could think—before she could stop herself—
She caught the blade with her bare hand.
Metal screeched against flesh.
For one terrible second, everything stopped.
Jace stared in horror.
Kiera was holding back the attack. With her bare hand.
The creature’s blade dug into her palm—but she felt nothing. No pain. No wound.
And the worst part?
The creature stared at her… and smiled.
Like it recognized her.
Kiera threw it back with unnatural strength.
The moment it hit the ground, the others screeched in unison.
And then—all hell broke loose.
The Hunt Begins
Jace grabbed Kiera’s arm, dragging her toward the ship. “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!”
Kiera’s hands shook violently. Her skin still burned from the contact.
She didn’t answer. Because she didn’t know.
They reached the ship just as the sky exploded with gunfire.
The creatures were everywhere now. Climbing the walls, slithering through the ruins, moving in unnatural jerks like puppets being controlled.
Kiera barely made it up the ramp before Jace hit the lockdown.
The airlock sealed shut.
For a brief moment—silence.
Jace turned on her, his face pale. “Kiera. What the hell just happened?”
She couldn’t meet his eyes.
Because she didn’t have an answer.
All she knew was this:
The creatures had silver eyes.
The same color as hers.
And when she had touched it—
It didn’t try to kill her.
It recognized her.
Like it was one of her own.
Kiera’s breath came shaky. “Jace… I think I know why we were called here.”
Jace’s expression hardened. “Why?”
Kiera swallowed.
Then, softly—
“I think Titan isn’t just a graveyard. I think it’s where they were born.”
Jace’s face darkened. “And you?”
Kiera’s stomach turned.
She didn’t want to say it.
Because she wasn’t sure she wanted to know the answer.
But the truth was creeping into her mind, whispering through her veins.
And she couldn’t ignore it anymore.
Kiera exhaled.
“I think I was born here, too.”
Outside, the creatures screeched again.
And this time, Kiera swore she understood them.
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CHAPTER 25: THE RISING STORM
The battlefield was still.For the first time since Titan had turned into a warzone, there was no gunfire. No screams. No destruction.Only silence.The Forsaken stood in perfect formation, their silver eyes locked on Kiera. They had once knelt in fear before the entity. But now? They were waiting for her command.Kiera barely felt them. Her focus was elsewhere.She turned to Jace.He was still kneeling in the frost-covered ruins, staring at his hands. His fingers curled, his veins glowing with a new light.Not silver.Not gold.Something else.Something undiscovered.Kiera swallowed hard. “Jace?”He looked up at her.For a moment, she thought she saw fear in his expression.Not fear of her.Fear of himself.---Jace’s AwakeningJace exhaled sharply. His breath came out in a visible mist, even though his body temperature should have prevented that.His senses were too sharp. He could hear the ice cracking beneath Titan’s surface, feel the tremors before they even happened. His vision
CHAPTER 24: THE UNMAKING
The Moment the Universe StoppedThe battlefield was silent.Titan, a planet that had just been torn apart by war, stood frozen in time. The Forsaken no longer moved, their bodies locked in place like statues of living darkness.Jace lay on the ground, barely breathing, his veins turning black, his body twisting into something unnatural.And in the center of it all, Kiera stood alone.Before her, the entity loomed, its form shifting like a black hole given shape. It was beyond words, beyond description—a thing that was never meant to be seen.It had broken the Forsaken.It had rewritten Jace.And now?It had turned its attention to her.Kiera’s hands shook as she knelt beside Jace. His pulse was weak, his breath ragged. The black veins creeping up his skin pulsed, as if something inside him was trying to consume him.“Jace?” Her voice was barely a whisper.His eyes flickered open—but they weren’t his eyes anymore.They were silver.Just like hers.Kiera’s chest tightened.No.No, no, n
CHAPTER 23: THE VOICE FROM THE VOID
The Sky Cracks OpenThe war should have been over.The Guardians were gone. The Forsaken stood victorious on the ruins of Titan.And Kiera?She was finally where she belonged.But then the sky tore itself apart.A soundless rupture split the atmosphere, like the universe itself was screaming without a voice.And something descended.Not a ship.Not an army.Something else.Kiera felt it before she saw it.A pressure.A weight that crushed against her very existence.She had thought she was powerful. She had thought the Forsaken were the dominant force now.But this?This was beyond power.The Forsaken army—her army—staggered back, their silver eyes flickering. Some of them collapsed where they stood, clawing at their heads. Their bodies convulsed.Even the most monstrous among them—creatures that had survived planetary annihilation—were afraid.Kiera’s breath caught in her throat.She didn’t understand.What could possibly make the Forsaken afraid?Then it arrived.And for the first t
CHAPTER 22: THE FALL OF TITIAN
The Sky BurnsTitan erupted into war.Above the frozen wasteland, Guardian warships rained fire from the heavens, their cannons tearing through the icy terrain. Below, the Forsaken screamed in unison—a haunting, inhuman battle cry.Jace ran.He sprinted through the ruins, the battlefield collapsing around him. Shattered ice and molten debris rained from the sky, the very ground beneath his feet cracking from the impact of orbital strikes.But none of it mattered.Not the Guardians. Not the Forsaken.Only Kiera.He had lost her.The moment she rose into the air, silver light crackling around her body, he knew. She wasn’t Kiera anymore.She was something else.And now?She was leading the Forsaken against the Guardians.The war had returned.Jace’s comms crackled. “Jace, do you copy?”It was Commander Vale. A Guardian officer. The one who had given him the signal to call for reinforcements.Jace didn’t answer.Vale’s voice turned sharp. “Do you have a visual on the target?”Jace stopped
CHAPTER 21: THE FORGOTTEN WAR
The Throne RoomThe air felt heavy, thick with a pressure Kiera had never known before.She was still on her knees, struggling to breathe, her mind fractured by the truth.The woman—her reflection—stood above her, silent, waiting. The creatures around them didn’t move. Rows of them stood in the shadows, their silver eyes locked on her.Waiting.For her.Not as a prisoner.Not as an enemy.As their leader.Jace’s grip on his weapon tightened. “Kiera, get up.”She forced herself to move, her entire body shaking.She looked at Jace, and in his eyes, she saw something she had never seen before.Fear.Not fear of the creatures.Fear of her.Kiera swallowed hard. “Jace, I—”He took a step back.“Tell me it’s not true,” he whispered.She couldn’t.Because it was.She wasn’t human.She never had been.And Jace knew it now.---The ChoiceKiera turned back to her reflection—the woman who had once been her.“What… what am I?” Kiera’s voice was raw.The woman smiled. “You already know the answer
CHAPTER 20: THE TRUTH BENEATH THE ICE
The Storm OutsideThe walls of the ship shuddered as something slammed against the exterior.Kiera and Jace barely had a second to react before the ship’s emergency alarms screamed to life.“HULL INTEGRITY COMPROMISED.”“EXTERNAL BREACH DETECTED.”Jace spun to the console, his face pale. “They’re trying to break in.”Kiera’s heart pounded.Outside, the creatures were waiting.Not attacking. Not clawing at the hull like mindless animals.Waiting.Kiera felt it.A cold, gnawing sensation in the back of her skull.They were waiting for her.Jace grabbed a rifle, his voice tight. “We can’t stay here.”Kiera barely heard him. Her skin was burning again. The veins in her arms pulsed with silver light.Something inside her was waking up.She clutched the edge of the console, breathing fast.Then—A whisper.Not in her ears.Inside her mind.“Come home.”Her vision blurred—She wasn’t in the ship anymore.For a split second, she saw something else—a massive chamber beneath Titan’s surface, fi
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