Chapter 116 – The Birthday That Never Ends
Miexha forced herself upright.
Every muscle screamed. Every breath burned.
But her mind refused to break.
Think.
She pressed a trembling hand to her chest, grounding herself in the rhythm of her own heartbeat.
Survive first. Try to understand what's going on.
Questions came like a storm.
What year is this?
What happened to the world?
Why are we here?
Where are the children?
—and—
Where is Zatariel?
Her fingers curled into fists, nails biting deep into her palms.
No.
She refused the thought that he had died too.
The chain around her waist pulsed.
It shimmered—veins of molten silver threading through it, tightening, loosening... breathing.
She swallowed and reached for it.
The moment her fingers brushed it, it reacted.
The chain writhed like a living creature and snapped tight around her waist.
Pain exploded through her body.
A raw, tearing agony that ripped a scream from her throat.
She doubled over— then froze.
Her ring pulsed.
She looked down.
It moved. The thing coiled tighter around her finger, its surface shifting—flesh pretending to be metal. Tiny ridges opened.
Eyes.
They blinked.
Her breath hitched.
A scream clawed its way up her throat— but she forced it down.
"Calm down... Miexha," she whispered through clenched teeth.
"You don't get to fall apart here."
Her body trembled violently, but she straightened.
For Jayson.
For the girl who called her Mother.
She pushed herself to her feet—
Her knees buckled—
—CRASH!
The door creaked open.
Miexha's head snapped up, hand lifting on instinct—
Fear.
Panic.
BOOM.
A violent surge tore outward from her body—wind sharp as blades, slicing through the doorway.
The intruder didn't even scream.
The force ripped through everything—metal, flesh, silence itself.
The door and the man are sliced in half.
Smoke and debris filled the room.
Miexha stared at her hands, chest heaving.
"Did I... do that...?"
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