Chapter 84 The Union Trial

• The temple’s heart glowed like a sunrise captured in stone.
• Walls of gold and white marble breathed with soft light, each symbol pulsing like a heartbeat. The air was heavy with the scent of ash and wild roses — the remnants of long-forgotten offerings.
• Lucia and Kelvin stood at the center of a vast circular chamber. Around them, spectral shapes of the First Keepers shimmered, their forms towering yet tranquil, as if carved from the same essence that made the stars.