2025-02-22 16:18:58The Throne Room
The 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 Choice
Kiera 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.”
Kiera clenched her fists. “Then tell me anyway.”
The woman stepped forward, her silver eyes piercing through Kiera’s soul.
“You are the last of the Forsaken,” she said. “The firstborn of the Void. The only one who escaped the war.”
Kiera’s stomach twisted. “The war?”
Her past self nodded. “The war between our kind and the Guardians of Mars.”
Kiera’s breath caught. The Guardians.
The ones she and Jace had fought.
The ones who had built the Cores.
The ones who had tried to erase her existence.
She shook her head. “No. I fought the Guardians. I was never one of them.”
The woman smiled, sad and knowing. “Exactly.”
The memories hit like a shockwave.
She saw flashes of the past—an entire species wiped out. Titan burning. The Guardians sealing the Forsaken away, trapping them in an endless sleep beneath the ice.
And her—their leader—was the only one who survived.
Not by fighting.
By hiding.
By becoming human.
By forgetting.
Jace exhaled, his voice low and dangerous. “So all this time… we were fighting your people?”
Kiera turned to him, heart pounding. “I didn’t know.”
Jace’s hands clenched into fists. “But now you do.”
Kiera’s veins burned. The silver glow beneath her skin was brighter now.
She felt the pull of the creatures, their loyalty, their whispers filling her mind.
You are one of us.
Lead us.
Reclaim what was taken.
Jace took another step back. “So what now, Kiera?” His voice was cold. “Are you still on my side?”
Kiera’s breath hitched.
Was she?
She turned back to the woman—her past self—who watched with calm certainty.
“You have a choice,” the woman said.
Kiera’s pulse pounded.
She could accept what she was—embrace the power, reclaim her people, and destroy the Guardians once and for all.
Or…
She could fight it. Reject her past. Stay with Jace. Stay human.
But could she?
Because now, she wasn’t sure if she had ever been human at all.
---
The Betrayal
A sudden shockwave ripped through the chamber.
Jace spun toward the entrance, gun raised.
Then—
Gunfire erupted.
Kiera’s mind snapped back to the present as something massive crashed through the ice ceiling above.
A warship.
Not Forsaken.
Not human.
Guardians.
Jace’s comm piece crackled to life.
“Target acquired.”
Kiera’s stomach dropped.
This wasn’t a rescue.
This was an execution.
Jace didn’t move. Didn’t react.
Because he already knew.
Kiera’s breath hitched. “You called them.”
Jace’s jaw tightened.
Kiera took a step forward. “Jace—”
His gun snapped upward, pointing at her chest.
Her heart stopped.
“I had to.” His voice was tight, shaking. “They gave me no choice.”
A cold silence filled the room.
Kiera stared at the barrel of his weapon.
Jace.
Her closest friend. Her only real connection to humanity.
He had called them.
He had betrayed her.
Because he didn’t trust her anymore.
Because he was afraid of her.
Her veins burned brighter.
The Forsaken around them hissed as the Guardian ships circled above, preparing to fire.
“Stand down, Kiera.”
She looked at Jace.
At the fear in his eyes.
She could surrender.
Or she could burn this entire place to the ground.
Kiera clenched her fists.
The choice had been made for her.
---
The War Begins Again
The moment Jace moved, Kiera vanished.
One second she was in front of him—the next, she was behind him, moving faster than she ever had before.
Jace spun, but it was too late.
Kiera grabbed his gun—and crushed it in her hand.
Jace’s eyes widened.
“Kiera—”
But she was already turning away.
The Guardians opened fire.
And Kiera let the power take over.
Her body exploded in silver light.
The ground shattered.
The Forsaken roared as their leader awakened, their voices shaking the walls.
Kiera felt herself breaking apart—but she didn’t fight it this time.
This was what she was.
This was what she had always been.
And now?
The war was back.
Jace tried to move toward her, but the Forsaken were already closing in.
Kiera turned to him one last time.
“Run.”
Then, she rose into the air.
And the Forsaken followed her lead.
The Guardian warships fired everything they had.
But they were already too late.
Because Kiera wasn’t fighting anymore.
She was leading.
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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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