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Chapter 60: The Fire That Spoke
Author: Milky-Grip
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The fissure still pulsed in the sky, wide as a wound, dripping light. Every few seconds a ripple of heat tore through the capital; glass warped, banners burned to ash.

Miriam stood on what had been the plaza’s center. The stones under her feet were still hot.

Julian crouched beside the remnants of his data case, the screens flickering with unreadable symbols. His voice came out in fragments.

“They’re merging frequencies… the Key-space is leaking. That thing whoever it is doesn’t just exist here. It’s echoing through everywhere.”

Miriam barely heard him. Her eyes stayed fixed on the hybrid.

He it stood motionless amid the smoke, head tilted, gaze blank. The white eye flared once, soft as a heartbeat. The gold one never stopped burning.

People had begun to move again: soldiers forming a perimeter, zealots chanting, civilians running. Every faction wanted to claim the moment, but none dared get too close.

Julian whispered, “If we don’t contain it, the heirs’ signal keeps spreading. The w
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