Location: Tavara – Kane Ancestral Mansion, Restricted Archives
Dust swirled in the air as Victor stepped into the sealed chamber beneath the ancestral mansion. Only a few had ever been granted access here—and none had walked out unchanged. The ancient vaults held more than just family records; they hid decades of secrets, betrayals, and names long erased from public memory.
Victor paused at the center, waving a biometric scanner. The archive opened with a mechanical hiss, revealing a crystalline memory orb glowing faintly red.
He took a breath and touched it.
Instantly, images flooded his mind—snapshots of another time. A woman, fierce and graceful, stood before a roaring council. Her name echoed in the silence:
Isadora Vael Kane.
Victor staggered back. That name… it wasn't in any lineage. But the memory kept playing—Isadora arguing for peace with an ancient clan of cultivators, being betrayed… sealed away… and her child taken.
"She bore a daughter…"
Victor's heart stopped. The timelines, the fragments… Seren.
She wasn't just bound to the prophecy. She was born of it.
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Location: Tavara – Nightfall Estate, Damien & Nora's Quarters
Seren sat in the dark, fingers tracing the edge of a forgotten pendant. Her dreams had been growing stranger—more vivid. Last night, she'd heard the name Isadora whispered by a thousand voices.
Damien walked in and saw her pale face. "Another vision?"
She nodded. "And a name. Isadora Kane."
He froze.
"That name's not supposed to exist anymore," he murmured.
"Then why do I know it like I've said it my whole life?"
Damien sat beside her. "Victor found something. A chamber beneath the family mansion. It's connected to the prophecy… to you."
Seren looked into his eyes, fear mixing with fierce determination.
"Tell me everything."
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Location: Tavara – South Haven Sector, Underground Base
Dr. Rosethorne monitored Subject 93A. The girl's powers were stabilizing. Her eyes no longer glowed uncontrollably—they burned with intent.
The cloaked man returned. "You said she was awakening."
"She is," Rosethorne confirmed. "And her memories are aligning with Seren's. If we don't act, the merge will complete."
The man nodded. "Then it's time to extract the remaining artifact from Tavara… before they do."
"But what if she remembers she's Isadora's heir?" the doctor asked.
"She can remember," the man said, eyes narrowing. "But she won't survive long enough to reclaim it."
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Location: Unknown – The Astral Plane
Seren's soul flickered through memories not her own. She stood before a mirror, only to see two reflections—herself, and a woman with fierce golden eyes and flowing obsidian hair.
The woman reached forward from the mirror.
> "My time is gone… but you, child… you will complete what I began. The blood of Vael still runs in you."
> "And the world fears it."