C104 THE ASCENSION THAT SHOULD NOT EXIST

The fire didn't go out.

It bowed.

Every flame in the throne-realm—golden, molten, alive—bent toward Damon and Elara as if they knew something that could never have existed:

Two flames.

One went up.

One woke up.

Both are the same.

The Throne itself was angry.

A loud boom shook the ground beneath their feet and shook the whole world