> System Error:
❖ Thread Manifestation Without Sovereign Approval
❖ Origin Signature: Unknown
❖ Thread Class: Unassigned (Tier: ???)
❖ Designation: [Eighth Flame]
❖ Status: Waking
❖ Location: Unmapped Flame Rift, South-West of Gravemind Expanse
The world shook.
Not from war.
Not from power.
But from recognition.
Something the System didn't make—something it had long sealed—was waking up.
And it wasn't bound to anyone.
Not even Ryon.
At sunrise, every bonded woman felt it.
Kaela staggered during sparring. "There's something crawling beneath my skin…"
Shaera dropped her blade. "No. Someone. Watching."
Lyria fell into a trance. "The future… split. Shattered. One path dies. Another burns."
Neive's eyes glowed with overclocked flame-runes. "An unknown thread just ignited inside the Flame Index. No birthmark, no lineage, no code trail. It's not supposed to exist."
Maris touched her own bond line and trembled. "This doesn't feel like rebellion…"
