The Flame Sovereign's Declaration With his hand on the Codex, David rewrote the laws that had bound their world: fate, death, time, hierarchy. Magic shivered and reformed. Time stood still, then flowed like music.
His first decree: No soul would ever be bound by predestined systems again.
As he finished writing, a ripple shattered through the multiverse. The Heralds screamed and collapsed. The Authors' eyes opened—beings beyond creation—and they turned their attention to David.