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Chapter 289: Parental Concerns
"He is going to kill someone," Jacob said, staring at the ceiling at three in the morning. "Marcus is going to accidentally burn someone alive and we will have to watch it happen."Anna rolled over to face him. "Not this again.""I dreamed about it. A servant walked too close and Marcus panicked and fire just exploded from him. She burned. Screamed. Died. While we stood there helpless.""It was a nightmare, not a premonition.""Was it? He nearly set himself on fire twice this week. How long before he hurts someone else?"Anna sat up, frustrated. "Jacob, we have had this conversation every night for a month. The nightmares are not real. Marcus is learning control with Elder Shen. He is getting better, not worse.""He is one year old learning to manipulate fire. There is no 'better' version of that situation."They had been having variations of this argument since Shen began training. Jacob could not shake his fear that their children were weapons waiting to accidentally detonate. Anna
Chapter 288: Mystical Heritage
"Show me what they can do," Elder Shen commanded the next morning, sitting cross-legged in the palace garden with Marcus and Mei playing nearby.Jacob and Anna exchanged nervous glances. "Should we encourage them to use their abilities?""I need to see their current capability level. Call Marcus over."Jacob knelt beside his son. "Marcus, can you make the candle flame bigger?"The boy nodded eagerly and reached toward a lit candle on the nearby table. The flame immediately doubled in size, then tripled, growing until it was a foot high before Anna quickly pulled Marcus's hand away."Enough, sweetheart."Shen made notes on a small scroll. "Impressive control for his age. Most children with fire affinity cannot affect existing flames until age three or four. Now the girl."Anna brought Mei to a wilted plant. "Can you make the flower pretty again?"Mei touched the plant with glowing hands. The transformation was instant and complete—not just healing but enhancement. The plant became more
Chapter 287: The Twins
"He did it again," Leo reported, entering Jacob's office the morning after the birthday party. "Marcus set three candles on fire simultaneously just by looking at them. No physical contact, no matches, just... willpower."Jacob rubbed his temples. "Where was he when this happened?""The dining room during breakfast. Anna was feeding him and he apparently decided the candelabra needed to be lit.""Was anyone hurt?""No, but one of the servants fainted. They are not accustomed to babies who manipulate fire.""Neither are we."The twins' abilities had manifested rapidly after the birthday incident. Marcus demonstrated increasing control over flames, while Mei showed different gifts that were equally unprecedented.Anna found Mei in the nursery that afternoon, holding a wilted flower she had picked from a vase. The child's face was scrunched in concentration, her tiny hands wrapped around the dying bloom."Mei, sweetheart, put that down," Anna said gently.Mei ignored her, focused entirel
Chapter 286: One Year Later
"Stop running!" Anna called out, chasing her son through the palace gardens. "Marcus, you cannot keep escaping during bath time!"The one-year-old giggled and toddled faster, his unstable legs making his escape more adorable than effective. Anna caught him easily, scooping him up as he squealed with delight."Gotcha.""No bath!" Marcus protested in his limited vocabulary."Yes bath. You have mud in your hair somehow."Jacob appeared from around the hedge carrying their daughter. "Mei was trying to eat flowers again. How do they find trouble so quickly?""They are our children. Trouble finds them."The twins had grown rapidly over their first year. Born premature and glowing with mystical power, they had terrified every doctor and specialist who examined them. But after those first chaotic weeks, something unexpected happened.The glowing faded. The visible power manifestations stopped. The twins became... normal babies.They cried when hungry, slept erratically, and produced an alarmi
Chapter 285: Attended by All
"Everyone stay calm!" Doctor Foster commanded as wedding guests surged forward to help. "We need space and we need it now!"Leo immediately took charge of crowd control, directing people away from the birthing room while maintaining security perimeter. But this was different from a normal medical emergency. These were their leaders, beloved by the community. No one wanted to leave."Clear the temple!" Leo ordered. "Give them privacy!""We are not leaving," Roseline said firmly, already rolling up her sleeves. "I have delivered babies in battlefield conditions. Let me help.""And I am staying too," Ben Tate announced. "Anna might need family present."President Zhao approached Leo quietly. "The Argo delegation will wait outside. But please keep us informed. Lady Anna helped deliver my wife's child during the civil war. We owe her that concern in return."The crowd gradually organized itself. Most guests moved to the temple gardens, creating an impromptu vigil. Someone started a prayer
Chapter 284: The True Wedding
"This is ridiculous," Anna protested, examining the elaborate wedding dress laid out on her bed. "We are already married. Why do we need another ceremony?""Because the first one was an arranged transaction and the second was interrupted by a battle," Jacob replied from the doorway. "This time we do it properly. For us, not for politics or survival.""I am six months pregnant with twins. I look like I swallowed a watermelon.""You look beautiful."Anna made a face but could not hide her smile. Despite her protests, she wanted this. A real wedding, celebrated properly, surrounded by people who genuinely cared about them rather than political necessity.The preparations had taken weeks. The rebuilt Temple of Light was decorated with flowers and banners. Invitations had been sent to allies across Seron and Argo. A feast was planned that would feed five hundred guests. Nothing extravagant or wasteful, but proper acknowledgment of their union."Are you nervous?" Roseline asked, helping Ann
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