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CHAPTER 30: THE GENERAL OF SHADOWS
The bridge of the *Frozen Heart* was a tomb of obsidian and frost. Malakai Thorne stood before me, his eyes twin galaxies of mocking light, but his laughter died as the deck plates beneath our feet began to vibrate with a frequency that didn't belong to the ship. It was a rhythmic, pulse-like hum—a mother’s heartbeat made of cosmic static."You think you’re the master of this theater, Malakai?" I snarled, my golden-white skin steaming in the absolute zero of the bridge. "You talk about my father like he’s a prisoner, but you haven't mentioned her. Where is my mother?"Malakai’s grin turned razor-thin. He stepped aside, gesturing to the command throne. "You always were a sentimental fool, Elias. You think the 'General of Shadows' is a title given to a captive? Alistair was the one who wanted to hide you. He was the one who wanted the seal. He wanted you to be human.""And my mother?" I demanded, the Anchor in my chest throbbing with a sudden, localized agony."Your mother didn't want a
CHAPTER 29: ZERO - G SLAUGHTER
The bridge of the *Aegis-Sovereign* screamed as a thousand beams of silver and black light converged on our hull. The obsidian plates groaned, the interior air vibrating with a pitch that threatened to liquefy our brains."Shields at five percent! We’re losing atmosphere!" Chen yelled, clutching a sparking console. "Elias, do something or we’re dust!""Everyone, get to the pods!" I barked. My skin was now a blinding, translucent white. The Phoenix heat I’d swallowed wasn't just burning; it was looking for an exit. "Haku, take the manual override. I’m going out there.""Out there?" Haku stared at me like I’d lost my mind. "There’s no air, no gravity, and enough necrotic fire to erase a moon! You’ll be dismantled in seconds!""I am the Sovereign," I said, my voice echoing with a dual-tone resonance. "The vacuum doesn't kill me. It obeys me."I didn't use an airlock. I punched through the reinforced cockpit glass. The decompression should have sucked the life from my lungs, but the Ancho
CHAPTER 28: THE EXPEDITION
The hangar of the Thorne Citadel hissed with the sound of hyper-cooling liquid nitrogen. In the center of the bay sat the *Aegis-Sovereign*, a vessel that looked less like a ship and more like a jagged, obsidian blade forged from the ruins of the Bronze Soldier’s craft. It didn't have an engine in the traditional sense; it had a containment chamber for my internal heat."Sire, the core temperature of the ship is stabilizing at eight thousand degrees," Director Chen shouted, his face shielded by a thermal visor. "But you’re the only thing keeping the hull from melting. If your concentration slips for a second while we’re in the void, we all vaporize.""Then don't let me slip, Chen," I said, walking up the ramp. Every step I took left a charred footprint on the reinforced titanium. My skin was still a dull, angry red, pulsing with the Phoenix energy I’d swallowed."Elias, wait!"I turned. A group of men stood at the base of the ramp, guarded by the General’s elite units. I recognized th
CHAPTER 27: COOLING THE FLAMES
The air was no longer gas; it was a white-hot plasma that threatened to strip the meat from my bones. Above me, Lydia was a supernova in human form, her Phoenix wings carving molten trenches through the skyscraper’s remains. The very foundation of Manhattan was liquifying, turning the city into a bowl of glowing glass."Sire! The temperature at the core has exceeded sixty thousand degrees!" Chen’s voice distorted over the comms, dying behind a wall of static. "The planetary crust is thinning! If she doesn't stop, the mantle is going to vent directly through the subway tunnels!""I’m moving!" I roared, pushing against the sheer thermal pressure. Every step toward Lydia felt like walking into a jet engine.**[Warning: External Temperature exceeds 5,000°C.]****[Status: Physical vessel integrity at 82%.]**"Lydia! Can you hear me?" I screamed, my voice barely audible over the roar of the fire.She didn't answer. Her face was a mask of incandescent orange light, her pupils two dying stars
CHAPTER 26: THE PHOENIX AND THE DRAGON
The basement of the Thorne Citadel felt like the belly of a dying star. Huge crystalline dampeners groaned around the central platform, struggling to contain the volatile cocktail of golden Sovereign energy and the raw, crimson heat radiating from Lydia."Sire, the tectonic sensors are going off the charts!" Chen’s voice crackled through the intercom, sounding more panicked than I’d ever heard him. "The 'Planetary Deletion' signal from the stars has begun a chain reaction in the Ley lines. If you don't anchor the core in the next ten minutes, Manhattan will be the epicenter of a global magma geyser!""I know, Chen! Keep the dampeners at max!" I yelled over the roar of the atmospheric pressure. I turned to Lydia. She was trembling, her black fatigues already singed at the collar. "Lydia, look at me. This isn't just about breathing anymore. We have to merge our Qi. My Anchor provides the structure, but your Phoenix bloodline is the only thing that can jumpstart the earth’s heart.""Elia
CHAPTER 25: REBUILDING THE SECT
The glass walls of the Thorne Tower vibrated with the roar of ten thousand voices. Below, the streets of Manhattan were choked—not with protesters, but with pilgrims. Since the broadcast of the Bronze Soldier’s execution, the world had shifted. The fear of the stars had been eclipsed by a desperate hunger for the power I held."Sire, the perimeter is holding, but the lobby is a disaster," the General said, checking his tactical tablet. "We have billionaires offering their fortunes and street kids offering their lives. All of them want the same thing: to become 'Disciples of the Sovereign.'""They don't want to serve, General. They want to survive," I said, staring at the masses from my balcony. The white fire in my eyes hadn't dimmed. "And most of them aren't even here for themselves.""You think there are spies?""I know there are." I turned, my duster snapping in the wind. "The 'Upper Realm' just lost a scout. The hidden Sects just lost their pride at the Iron Summit. They won't att
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