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CHAPTER 158. ENERGY.
Zachary followed the line of her arm down to his own stomach. He stared at the place where her palm met his skin, expecting to see... nothing. Just flesh. Just the ordinary, boring business of being alive.But then he saw it.His own Obsidian core.It was there, tucked beneath his ribs, pulsing in time with his heartbeat. It looked like hers, sort of, the same dark galaxy shimmer, the same crushed-crystal glitter but where her core was smooth and refined, almost polished around the edges, his was... rough. Unformed. Like a lump of clay that someone had only just started to shape.Compared to Master Yien's core, which Zachary had glimpsed during training once and had never forgotten, a perfect sphere, so smooth it looked fake, Seraphina's still needed work. And compared to hers, his wasn't even a proper shape at all. It was more of an impression. A suggestion. Like the universe had sketched out where his core should be and then gotten distracted.'No wonder I can't channel worth a da
CHAPTER 157. TOGETHER.
Seraphina's expression shifted. Her eyelids drooped, and her eyes went flat with exasperation."And you still can't channel?" she asked, her voice flat.He shrugged. "Seeing it and moving it are different things. I can see the river, but that doesn't mean I know how to swim."At that she almost laughed. He saw it in the way her lips twitched, the way her chest rose and fell with a breath that wanted to be a chuckle."No," she said, shaking her head. "Everyone cannot see Obsidian energy. Only those with the Energy Sight can. It's a gift, Zachary. A rare one. One that normally is passed down through the Paravous bloodline for generations but typically skips a few generations."She leaned closer, close enough that he could see the tiny lines at the corners of her eyes, the slight unevenness in her lower lip."The fact that you have it confirms that you really are my master's heir. You're a descendant of the Dragon Bloodline. The Sight is in your blood."She paused."But if you can use y
CHAPTER 156. THE SIGHT
"Damnit!"Zachary threw his hands up and let them fall hard against his thighs. The smack echoed off the grey walls, sharp and final."I can't do this anymore, Ms. Knowles! I've been at these basic drills for weeks now, and nothing is working! Nothing!"He pushed himself to his feet and started pacing, his bare feet slapping against the cold floor."Look, I get it. I need to condition my body. I need to strengthen my channels. Fine. But I already have the knowledge in my head! I understand it for a matter of fact! So why am I wasting my time on the simple stuff when I could be doing something that actually matters?"Seraphina stood with her arms crossed, watching him pace. Her expression was calm, but her eyes followed his every movement."Because knowing and doing are not the same thing," she said."Then tell me how they're different! Explain it to me!" He stopped in front of her, hands spread wide. "Because from where I'm standing, it feels like you're just making me run in circle
CHAPTER 155. BODY AND MIND.
"Which is more important?"........ "The body or the mind?”Zachary had not known the answer then. He had sat in silence, his mouth slightly open, his brow furrowed, waiting for Yien to provide it. He had been so accustomed to being given answers, to being told what to think and how to feel, that the idea of finding his own way had felt almost foreign.'Just tell me,' he had thought. 'Stop asking questions and just tell me what I need to know.'But Yien never told. He guided. He suggested. He nudged. But he never simply handed over the answers."They exist to compliment each other," Yien said, answering his own question, his lips quirking slightly. "The body and the mind are not enemies, not rivals for control. They are partners in the strange, difficult work of being alive. In some cases, one tends to have a greater influence on the other. Fear in the body creates panic in the mind. Doubt in the mind creates tension in the body. They speak to each other constantly, in whispers and s
CHAPTER 154. THREE LEVELS.
Zachary could see Yien in his mind.Not the Yien from the hospital, pale and bandaged and exhausted, his hand wrapped in white gauze, his face drawn with worry for his daughter. No, this was the Yien from Sanctuary. The teacher. The monk. The man who had sat across from him in an empty field, surrounded by nothing but grass and sky and the distant sound of waves crashing against the island's shore, and taught him how to live. The memory from six months ago unfolded like a scroll, each moment crisp and clear despite the exhaustion pressing down on Zachary's skull.He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, his back straight, his hands resting on his knees. The grass beneath him was dry and scratchy, poking through the fabric of his training pants and leaving small red marks on his skin and the sun was warm on his face, almost too warm.He could feel a bead of sweat tracing a slow path down the back of his neck. Across from him, Yien sat in the same posture, his eyes closed, his
CHAPTER 153. THE TOW.
They had him exactly where they wanted.Zachary knew it. The men in the pickups knew it. There was no point pretending otherwise. He was boxed in, front and back, two walls of black metal and tinted glass moving in perfect synchronization. A trap that had been laid long before he ever left Vivienne's building.He glanced in his rearview mirror. Marcus Zhao was sitting in the driver's seat of the pickup behind him, his face illuminated by the glow of his dashboard. He was pointing. Not with aggression, not with threat. Just a simple gesture, a finger aimed at a narrow trail that branched off the main road. His headlights flashed twice, a silent signal.GO THAT WAY, the gesture said. NOW.Zachary's first instinct was to fight. To slam on the brakes, to swerve, to do something aggressive and reckless that would break the box they had him in. His hands tightened on the steering wheel and his foot hovered over the accelerator.But he stopped himself.He thought about the other car
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