Recap
The temple battle left the night in ruins. Chains of oath shattered, vows burned away in Lilith's fire, and the echo of her past self was defeated in a storm of blood and flame. Yet the victory came at a cost—Kazuki wounded, Lilith marked by the backlash of broken vows, and the enemy still moving in the shadows. The hunter escaped with his life, the ex-husband's schemes are only beginning, and the city beyond the temple stirs uneasily, sensing that old powers have returned. Now, as ash drifts over the rooftops, Lilith and Kazuki must face not just the enemy outside… but the haunting truths within.
Main Story
The temple still smoldered.
Charred beams collapsed one by one, sending up sparks that painted the night sky in red. The air was thick with smoke and the copper sting of blood, and for a moment the ruins seemed less like a battlefield and more like a graveyard of forgotten gods.
