Kael didn't sleep again.
The new voice lingered—deeper than the Ember Core, older than anything he had felt. It didn't push. It didn't hunger.
It simply existed.
"I am what the fire answers to."
The words echoed long after they were spoken.
By morning, Kael stood in the courtyard, quieter than usual. Lira noticed immediately.
"It spoke again," she said.
Kael nodded.
"Something else is inside me," he admitted.
Lira didn't step back.
She stepped closer.
"Then we face it together."
Behind them, Nyra watched—curious, thoughtful. Seris observed from the walls, calculating.
And for the first time—
Kael wasn't the only one being studied.
--End of Chapter 51-
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