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00:00I finally got the rarest magic core for you.
00:05You've worked hard.
00:12No!
00:19After rebirth, I abandoned the mighty phoenix as my magical pet.
00:23Instead, chose an almost dead little black snake in my past life.
00:27I'd hunted rare ingredients for phoenix.
00:29Pouring every resource I had into his growth, he cheated with my sister behind my back.
00:33Finally, to make their little love story easier, they killed me together.
00:36This time around, I wanted to see how that perfect couple managed without me as their stepping stone.
00:41The same packed ceremony, the same standout, undeniably that golden phoenix.
00:45Even caged with a suppression collar, he held his head high, like the rest of us were beneath him.
00:50As expected, the ceremony elder assigned him to me.
00:53The phoenix tilted its head back and rolled its eyes.
00:55Just like in its previous life, its face full of disdain.
00:59That was when my sister Evelyn walked in, cradling a limp little black snake in her palms, tears rolling down
01:04her cheeks.
01:05My sister was too weak.
01:06Phoenix fell in love with her pitiful appearance immediately, which made me look like the villain standing between them.
01:12The ceremony elder shifted awkwardly and turned on Evelyn.
01:14Your power isn't strong enough. Even if the phoenix is drawn to you now, you won't be able to handle
01:20him.
01:21She didn't react. Instead, pretended to be scared by my gaze. Bit her lip with tears down.
01:25Lila, I know I have no right to compete with you. It's just... I've never seen a golden phoenix before.
01:31I didn't have the patience to listen to her feign weakness.
01:34I reached out and lifted the limp black snake from her hands. Smiled at the ceremony elder.
01:38I've taken a liking to this one. The phoenix clearly doesn't want me. Why not let her have him? I'll
01:44take the snake.
01:45The others thought I'd lost my mind. They pulled me aside.
01:48You're the strongest here. This black snake has a mixed bloodline. He's basically worthless.
01:53But I knew the truth about that phoenix. He was no prize.
01:56In my last life, in my past life, scene had played out exactly the same way.
02:00The phoenix ignored me. I felt the sting of being rejected for the first time in my life.
02:05And instead of thinking clearly, I thought, he's so hard to get. I'm obsessed.
02:09As the archmaster's student, I was supposed to be an example to the others.
02:13I told myself I had to tame the phoenix. Strengthen the spirit-packed academy.
02:18So I threw everything I had at him.
02:20Every student got a limited ration of elixirs.
02:22So I took assassin missions. Hunting rogue creatures.
02:25The kind that had lost their minds and turned feral.
02:27To earn extra elixirs.
02:29I came back bleeding every time.
02:31The phoenix pretended not to notice.
02:32He only came near me when I pulled out elixirs, took what he wanted, and walked away.
02:37Ten years.
02:38I spent ten years helping him break through his limits and take human form.
02:42When he finally did, he was stunning.
02:44Tall, sharp-featured.
02:46But the warmth stopped there.
02:47He always treated me like I was his errand girl.
02:49I told myself it was fine.
02:51Creatures with strong bloodlines had pride.
02:53One day, he'd recognize what I'd given him.
02:55One day, we'd fight side by side, and I wouldn't have to face those feral creatures alone.
02:59Then one day, I saw him kiss my sister passionately.
03:03She was laughing, dancing around him.
03:05A fellow student rode past on her white tiger, saw them in the distance, and shook her head at me.
03:10Liar, you really need to stop asking Evelyn to look after the phoenix when you go on contracts.
03:15When did I ever ask her that?
03:17She says it every time you leave.
03:19I saw stars.
03:20I'd been out there risking my life, and she was back here cheating with me.
03:24Doesn't she have her own creature?
03:26That little black snake died in its second year.
03:30Then it clicked.
03:30I'd spent ten years sewing a wedding dress for someone else.
03:33I wasn't some gentle, forgiving heroine.
03:36Turned on Evelyn.
03:37It enraged the phoenix.
03:38As punishment, he lured me to the back forest under false pretenses, then broke open the wards keeping it sealed.
03:43The creatures trapped inside started pouring out, and among them was one that had fallen into complete madness.
03:49A leviathan.
03:50The phoenix joined forces with my sister to shoot me down the cliff.
03:54In the end, I died in the beast's head, and I could only watch Evelyn snuggle up beside it.
03:58So this time around, I wasn't going to be anyone's sacrifice.
04:01I just wanted to see what this couple would do next.
04:03The phoenix held onto Evelyn tightly, refusing to let go.
04:07The elder sighed, and spirit-packed academy'd the pact circle drawn.
04:10Once a creature bonded with someone, they were bound to that person's commands.
04:14Harm the bonded partner, and the creature suffered for it.
04:17The bonding ritual's energy agitated the black snake.
04:20He wound himself around my arm with everything he had.
04:23Evelyn got the phoenix, and was clearly thrilled.
04:25Then she looked at the snake clinging to me.
04:27You and that serpent really do seem meant for each other, Lyra.
04:30She was very smug.
04:31Had she also been reborn?
04:33Watch your tongue, Evelyn.
04:34If Lyra hadn't stepped in for you, you'd never have gotten the phoenix.
04:37If I were you, I'd be on my knees thanking her.
04:39Oh, stop.
04:40She's crying again.
04:42Always crying.
04:43You'd think she was the tragic one.
04:44The phoenix paced anxiously while Evelyn sniffled.
04:47Anxious didn't help him.
04:49Evelyn had almost no power at this stage.
04:51The creatures shared energy with their bonded partners,
04:54but Evelyn's reserves were basically empty.
04:57Probably the first time in either life
04:59that the phoenix had been on the losing side of a situation.
05:02Good.
05:03He'd adjust.
05:04This was the consequence of choosing weakness and cheating.
05:07The black snake, finally convinced I wasn't abandoning him,
05:12went limp and passed out in my arms.
05:14Back home, I finally got a good look at the snake.
05:17He was tiny.
05:19Couldn't have been more than a few decades old.
05:21Barely past the threshold of maturity.
05:23But he was strange.
05:25Different from the serpents I knew.
05:27Water serpents had snake-like tails.
05:29This one had a tail more like a fish,
05:31with a fin.
05:32Mixed bloodline.
05:34Serpent and something older.
05:36Seafolk, maybe.
05:37I had a natural spring in the courtyard.
05:39The moment he hit the water, he came alive.
05:42Diving and surfacing.
05:44Pulling in energy from the current.
05:46I laughed.
05:47Relax.
05:48I fed a golden phoenix for ten years.
05:51I think I can manage one little snake.
05:53He froze.
05:53And stared at me with those tiny green eyes.
05:56Then he spat water at my face.
05:58I flicked him on the head.
06:00Hala, you're not going anywhere.
06:02The next morning, I woke up wrong.
06:04I turned my head and found a face three inches from mine.
06:08Dark lashes.
06:09Warm skin.
06:10The kind of face that belonged in a painting.
06:13Long lashes that trembled slightly.
06:15Objectively gorgeous.
06:16Didn't stop me from nearly jumping out of my skin.
06:19He'd gotten into bed without waking me.
06:22Whoever this was, his power was well above mine.
06:25He stirred, opened gold-slit eyes, and looked at me.
06:29I scrambled to the corner.
06:31Who are you?
06:32This is Spirit-Packed Academy Grounds.
06:34Don't try anything.
06:35He sat up.
06:36I noticed he was wearing the clothes I'd set aside for when a creature took human form.
06:41A dark, fitted robe with a subtle pattern.
06:44He wore it well.
06:45He was tall.
06:46He'd had to curl up to fit in my bed.
06:48Under those long lashes were a pair of gold, vertical pupil eyes.
06:52The answer was obvious.
06:54Snake?
06:54He smirked, reached out, and flicked me on the forehead.
06:58Rude.
06:58I have a name.
07:00It's Kieran.
07:01Kieran, it turned out, had been fleeing an enemy when he crossed paths with my tutor.
07:05He'd taken the form of a small, injured serpent.
07:08My tutor, true to form, had taken him in.
07:11Kieran clearly hadn't been injured because he was weak.
07:13Please tell me your enemies aren't about to show up here.
07:16We're bonded now.
07:18You're the master.
07:19I'm your mate.
07:20So I suggest you train hard and try not to slow me down.
07:24He taught me a breathing and absorption technique developed for serpentkind.
07:27Most days I sat in the spring practicing, while Kieran sprawled in the tree above me, watching with half-closed
07:33eyes.
07:33The breeze moved his hair and caught the light on his skin.
07:36Evelyn appeared at my gate, peering in.
07:38I sighed and got out of the spring.
07:40Kieran dropped from the tree and draped a dry robe over my shoulders without being asked.
07:45Who is this?
07:46You remember him?
07:47The little black snake from the bonding ceremony.
07:50You said yourself we seem meant for each other.
07:52A flicker of something crossed her face.
07:55What do you want?
07:55This is training time.
07:57I was hoping we could raise the phoenix together.
08:01Kieran's hand tightened on mine.
08:02I glanced at him.
08:03He was watching me, clearly unhappy.
08:05I'm not your backup plan.
08:07Figure it out yourself.
08:08How is it not your responsibility?
08:10You took the black snake and left me with the phoenix.
08:13You don't get to just walk away.
08:15Half a year's gone by and I've given him every elixir I had.
08:19There's nothing left for my own training.
08:21And I was in the lower ranks.
08:22I can't go hunting rare ingredients.
08:24I'd die out there.
08:25You bonded with the phoenix first.
08:26You should be helping.
08:28I cut her off mid-sentence, sent a gust of air to push her back through the gate, and
08:32led Kieran inside.
08:33Little sister, don't mistake everyone for a fool.
08:36I'm not spending my resources raising your creature for you.
08:39If you can't afford to keep him, dissolve the bond.
08:42Let someone else take him.
08:43I'm sure the elders would be happy to.
08:45She wouldn't do that.
08:46Her ambitions were too big.
08:48Weeks passed.
08:49I broke through to a new level of power.
08:51What those in the Spirit Pact Academy called fourth circle stage.
08:55At the same time, the archmaster arranged for me to escort a rare spirit fox to the Spirit
09:01Pact Academy, alongside Elder Celia, who was about three centuries older than me and acted
09:07like a kid half the time.
09:08I sweet-talked her through the handover to the creature registry, and she settled for it.
09:14Before she left, she pressed her hand over her mouth to hide a smile.
09:17Your little serpent is very clingy, you know.
09:20I didn't understand until I started up the mountain path and saw a silhouette leaning against a tree in the
09:26distance.
09:28He didn't move.
09:29When I got closer, he reached out and grabbed the back of my neck.
09:33Lyra, am I not good to you?
09:34Why are you trying to give me away?
09:36What are you talking about?
09:37That girl came to the courtyard today.
09:39Said you sent her to check on me.
09:41Did you change your mind about bonding with me?
09:43You hit fourth circle and now you're done with me?
09:45...again.
09:46Same playbook, different life.
09:48Before I could explain,
09:49Kieran's pupils contracted to thin lines.
09:52He bent his head and pressed his face into my neck.
09:55His tongue brushed the skin there.
09:57Light.
09:58Quick.
09:59I shivered hard.
10:00Smells like fox.
10:02Lyra, did you already find yourself a replacement?
10:06Doesn't matter.
10:07Once I eat that fox, I'll be your only option.
10:10You...
10:10You hit me for her?
10:11That fox belongs to my Archmaster.
10:13You touch her and I will end you.
10:15Kieran stopped fighting me and let himself be pulled along.
10:18Most students weren't training, so the residences were quiet.
10:22A few people raised their eyebrows when they saw me coming.
10:25Short greetings, and then they told me.
10:28Evelyn had gone to the back forest with the phoenix.
10:31I frowned.
10:31I wasn't in the phoenix's way anymore.
10:34Why were they sneaking off to the forest?
10:36We found them mid-argument.
10:38Or rather, Evelyn was arguing and the phoenix,
10:41who still hadn't taken human form,
10:43was responding in scratched letters on the ground.
10:46Don't look at me like that!
10:47I've done nothing wrong!
10:49I didn't force you to come to the Spirit Pact Academy.
10:52You said this place would help you grow.
10:55I've given you every elixir I had and you're still not satisfied?
10:59You want me to go out hunting rare ingredients?
11:01I just started training!
11:03You'd be sending me to die!
11:05I almost felt something.
11:07In my past life, he'd given me nothing for ten years.
11:11Not a glance, not a word, not a gesture.
11:14Now he was writing letters in the dirt.
11:16The contrast was something.
11:18Evelyn, I've been looking for you.
11:21The phoenix scrambles to erase the letters when he heard us.
11:24Evelyn pulled herself together fast,
11:26though not fast enough.
11:28What do you need, Lyra?
11:34I patted Kieran's arm.
11:35He gave me a long-suffering look,
11:37then dropped to one knee and let me settle onto it like a chair.
11:41His hands locked around my waist, steadying me.
11:44Evelyn's gaze locked onto Kieran and didn't move.
11:47I'm not here about anything in particular.
11:49Just wondering why you paid my companion a visit.
11:52The phoenix's feathers flared, angry.
11:54Evelyn hadn't expected me to know so fast.
11:57No, no, you've got it wrong.
11:58I was just coming to find you.
12:00He rested his chin on my shoulder.
12:02She lied to me.
12:03She said you stole me from her,
12:05that I was supposed to be hers.
12:07And what did you do?
12:08She came into your territory without permission.
12:10She was weak.
12:11I didn't even use my power.
12:12Just pushed until she left.
12:14I patted his cheek.
12:16I stood and faced Evelyn directly.
12:18If I remember correctly,
12:20you didn't want Kieran in the first place.
12:21He was badly injured.
12:23If he'd ended up with you,
12:25he probably wouldn't have survived his second year.
12:27That's not true!
12:28I would have taken care of him.
12:30The phoenix's crest was fully raised now.
12:33She caught herself.
12:35You're trying to drive a wedge between me and the phoenix.
12:38I stepped forward and put my hand on her shoulder.
12:40You played your game, little sister.
12:43Don't act surprised when I play mine.
12:45Next time you pull something like this,
12:48you will get my punishment.
12:49She blanched.
12:50The council didn't forgive moves against another member's bonded creature.
12:54She couldn't risk it.
12:55On the way back, I was in a good mood.
12:58Kieran was quiet, though.
13:00Wouldn't transform and carry me even when I asked.
13:03Once we were back in the courtyard, he grabbed my arm.
13:06You seem familiar with the phoenix.
13:07I didn't hide it.
13:09We have a history.
13:10It ended badly for me.
13:11Wanna hear it?
13:13He turned away,
13:14shifted into serpent form,
13:15and wound himself around my neck.
13:17No.
13:18I'm better than that bird by every measure.
13:21You're not going back to him.
13:22I won't have another mate.
13:25I promise.
13:27Days later.
13:29Laia, your growth rate is pathetic.
13:32Sharing energy with you is a form of suffering.
13:37My archmaster said,
13:39I'm one of the most talented young members in a generation.
13:42All those rare materials and elixirs I found went into me this time,
13:46not into the phoenix.
13:47Ten years passed.
13:49I moved steadily from fourth circle to sixth circle.
13:52Even the most mean elder Celia praised me.
13:55You are really a genius, Lyra.
13:57We all expected the phoenix to elevate the whole spirit panda academy.
14:01But ten years in, there's still no sign of him breaking through.
14:06I'd expected this.
14:08Sustaining creatures took enormous resources,
14:10and the spirit-packed academy never had reserves.
14:13The phoenix couldn't break through,
14:15and in my past life,
14:16I'd seen exactly what happened when his patience ran out.
14:19I'd thought about removing him.
14:21Every time I tried to bring it up with my archmaster or Kiran,
14:24it was like the words hit a wall.
14:26And acting unilaterally,
14:28killing the phoenix before anyone understood why,
14:30would have destroyed the spirit-packed academy from the inside.
14:34All I could do was watch him and contain him.
14:37Past that,
14:38I had no choice but to wait.
14:40My past life hadn't survived this year.
14:42I didn't know if this one would go differently.
14:44He stood there staring at Kiran,
14:46who was lazily floating in the spring in human form,
14:49making absolutely no effort to be welcoming.
14:51You have a bonded partner.
14:54Why are you at my gate?
14:56Right.
14:58What possible reason could you have for neglecting your own bonded partner
15:02to come stand outside someone else's home?
15:04Kiran climbed out,
15:05and immediately tried to lean against me.
15:07I don't want you on the air.
15:08I'll have to know this.
15:10I just want that bird to know
15:12there's no space for him here.
15:15What exactly is here between us?
15:17That's entirely your call.
15:19The phoenix flew away.
15:21Kiran grabbed my face with both hands.
15:23He left.
15:24Can you stop worrying about him for five minutes?
15:26I have to know what he's doing.
15:27That bird has a dark heart.
15:29I don't trust him idle.
15:32He regrets it.
15:34Doesn't want to stay with your little sister anymore.
15:36I turned toward the gate.
15:38Empty.
15:39But something in my gut told me the phoenix was off.
15:42There was no logical reason for him to come to me specifically,
15:46unless the phoenix had also been reborn.
15:49If that was true,
15:50then he knew about the back forest.
15:52He knew what was sealed there.
15:54He knew my parents had died there,
15:56which I'd only ever told him directly.
15:58In my previous life,
15:59I didn't stop to explain to Kiran.
16:01I pulled out a slip and went straight to the forest wards.
16:04The wards were intact.
16:05I exhaled.
16:06Then I turned around and my stomach dropped.
16:08A handful of golden feathers lay near the edge of the barrier line.
16:12He'd been here.
16:13The phoenix had come back with knowledge he shouldn't have.
16:16The friction between Evelyn and the phoenix had gone public.
16:18He'd refused her commands in training sessions,
16:21ignored her in front of others,
16:22made her look incompetent in front of the whole yard more than once in recent weeks.
16:26The reason I kept getting dragged in was simpler and more aggravating.
16:29Every time I appeared,
16:31the phoenix drifted toward me.
16:32If looks could kill,
16:34Evelyn would have had me buried weeks ago.
16:36Elder Celia found the whole thing delightful.
16:38Her bird appeared at my shoulder one afternoon.
16:40You know what this reminds me of?
16:42One of those stories where the man realizes too late what he had.
16:46He freezes her out at the start
16:48and then spends the rest of the book chasing her.
16:52Oh dear.
16:53I could talk to the girl,
16:54offer her a different creature,
16:56something she could actually manage,
16:58and transfer the phoenix over to you,
17:00quietly.
17:01No.
17:01I'm not going near the disciplinary council over this.
17:04Besides,
17:05I have Kiran.
17:06That's enough.
17:06Celia looked genuinely mournful.
17:09Then she shifted to her real point.
17:12A creature pulling against its bonded partner is a problem for everyone.
17:16And Evelyn hasn't advanced the first stage in ten years.
17:19The elders have discussed sending her out on a field assignment,
17:21a year or two away from the Spirit Pact Academy,
17:24practical experience,
17:25away from all of this.
17:26I understood what she wasn't saying.
17:29They'd given up on the phoenix as a resource for the Spirit Pact Academy.
17:32In the council hall,
17:34Evelyn made the whole thing into a production.
17:36She cried.
17:37She accused me of engineering her removal to take the phoenix.
17:40In front of all the senior elders,
17:42she made her counteroffer.
17:43If senior wants the phoenix,
17:45she should just say so.
17:47I won't stand in the way.
17:49But if she takes him,
17:51she gives me Kiran,
17:52a mixed lineage serpent for a pure-blooded phoenix.
17:55Honestly,
17:56Lyra comes out a laugh.
18:12Which one,
18:13rabbits and a unicorn.
18:15I reinforced the gate myself before I left.
18:18Any disturbance at all,
18:20and I would have felt it.
18:22There was nothing.
18:23Not a sound.
18:25Not a rogue creature.
18:27No trace of that energy anywhere.
18:30Right?
18:30I looked around.
18:32The registry was built into the mountainside.
18:34The rock face itself was warded.
18:36No slipping through the earth.
18:38No passing through walls.
18:40I was still thinking
18:41when the Keeper started cooing at one of the deer.
18:43Don't be scared.
18:44Big Brother Serpent just looks mean.
18:47He won't eat you.
18:49That pulled something loose in my mind.
18:51I hesitated.
18:54Do creatures ever turn on each other?
18:56What a horrifying thing to say.
18:59They have awareness.
19:01They would never...
19:02Kiran slipped an arm around me
19:04and spoke low into my ear.
19:06People do terrible things to each other.
19:08Creatures aren't different.
19:10I've heard of a practice.
19:11A dark technique
19:12used by creatures
19:14who want to advance without resources.
19:15My skin had gone cold.
19:17Wild creatures
19:18had no access to elixirs
19:20or rare materials.
19:21If they wanted to grow in power fast,
19:24the most efficient shortcut
19:25was this.
19:26Consume the core
19:27of another creature.
19:29The higher the level
19:30of the creature they took from,
19:31the faster the gain.
19:33Kiran had nearly died
19:34at the hands of one
19:35practicing exactly that method
19:37ten years ago.
19:38Once it works,
19:39it will come back for more.
19:41We staked out the registry
19:43that night.
19:44Nothing happened.
19:44Quiet all the way until dawn.
19:46I reassured the keeper
19:47and headed out.
19:51Hallmaster,
19:52there's an incident
19:53at the residences.
19:54Kiran shifted,
19:55wrapped around me,
19:56and moved.
19:57When we landed,
19:58I didn't need to go inside
19:59to know it was bad.
20:00I could hear the crying
20:02from the courtyard.
20:03It was one of my newest students,
20:04a girl who'd come
20:05to the Spirit Pact Academy
20:06with his own creature,
20:07Fox.
20:08Soft and round
20:09and always sprawled
20:10in patches of sunlight.
20:11Kind of creature
20:12that made people smile
20:13just looking at it.
20:14She was sitting on the ground,
20:15holding what remained of her.
20:16Not much left.
20:17Your guess was right.
20:18The core was removed.
20:20One strike, clean.
20:21It happened before
20:22she could make a sound.
20:23She only noticed
20:24when she felt the bond break.
20:25I felt the cold
20:26settle in my chest.
20:28Without thinking,
20:30I looked around
20:30for the phoenix.
20:31He was standing beside Evelyn,
20:32still as a statue.
20:33The picture.
20:34Don't look.
20:35It's him.
20:38You're certain.
20:39I went to the Archmaster.
20:40Don't move yet.
20:41You need proof.
20:43Catch him in the act.
20:44He said it with total gravity.
20:46Meanwhile, behind him,
20:48his courtyard
20:48had become a small zoo.
20:50Several of them
20:50had taken human form
20:52and were crowding
20:52around Kiran
20:53to ask about
20:54his parents' bloodlines.
20:55I keep all my creatures
20:57close.
20:58Your new firehound
20:59relieved himself on the floor.
21:00You could clean it up
21:01for your teacher.
21:02Absolutely not.
21:03The senior elders
21:04started watching the phoenix.
21:05Their eyes went to him
21:07more carefully
21:07during training.
21:08They noted that his power
21:09had grown noticeably
21:11in ways that weren't
21:12explained by his circumstances.
21:14Then, nothing.
21:15Weeks passed.
21:16No more disappearances.
21:17No incidents.
21:18Two weeks went by.
21:19The girl never quite recovered
21:21from losing his fox.
21:22The other students spoke
21:23about the disappearances
21:24less and less
21:25until the whole thing
21:26drifted into the category
21:27of strange
21:28spirit-packed academy legend.
21:30Something that had happened,
21:31maybe, possibly.
21:32Nobody quite remembered
21:33the details.
21:34But I couldn't let it go.
21:35Kiran's certainty
21:36sat with me every day.
21:38I went to the Archmaster
21:39and asked to have
21:40the phoenix
21:40formally restricted.
21:42You think we don't see it?
21:44But without evidence,
21:45what do I tell the students?
21:46If I punish someone
21:47without proof,
21:48I lose the trust
21:49of the whole
21:49spirit-packed academy.
21:51And without that trust,
21:53the spirit-packed academy
21:54dissolves.
21:55Then, one night,
21:56while I was deep in meditation,
21:57something flashed
21:58past my window.
21:59A pair of red eyes.
22:01Bright.
22:01Gone in an instant.
22:03Where was Kiran?
22:04I moved to the water's edge.
22:05Floating on the surface.
22:06A single golden feather.
22:08An invitation.
22:09Or a taunt.
22:10Find me and I'll give him back.
22:11I reached out through the bond
22:13and found Kiran's location.
22:14The back forest.
22:15I hit the ground running.
22:16I arrived through the wards
22:18in a flash of light
22:19and walked straight into a shockwave
22:21from two powers colliding.
22:23Kiran and the phoenix
22:24were already fighting.
22:25Fully committed.
22:26I went rigid.
22:28When had the phoenix
22:29broken through?
22:30He moved through the trees
22:31in a golden coat.
22:33Fast and precise.
22:34Ducking and redirecting
22:35Kiran's strikes
22:36with the ease of someone
22:38who'd had longer
22:38to prepare for this moment.
22:40Beside the wardbearer,
22:42Evelyn sat perfectly still.
22:44Like a doll
22:45that someone had set down
22:46and forgotten.
22:47When I got close enough
22:48to see her clearly,
22:49my stomach turned over.
22:51Evelyn was dead.
22:53Her eyes were still open.
22:54Fixed in an expression
22:56of complete disbelief.
22:57Her abdomen had been cut open.
22:59Her core.
23:00The source of her power.
23:02The root she'd spent years building.
23:04Was gone.
23:33I hadn't even had time
23:35and didn't bother playing it soft.
23:37You spent ten years
23:38plotting with Evelyn
23:39against the Spirit-Pact Academy.
23:41You used every person here
23:42as a platform.
23:44And this life you had
23:45the chance to change
23:46and instead you gutted her
23:47for her core.
23:48The god is watching.
23:50Today it ends.
23:52Nick smiled.
23:53Cold and strange.
23:54Almost.
23:56One more step.
23:57His hands were already
23:59moving behind his back,
24:00breaking the ward's.
24:01The creatures locked in the forest
24:03felt the loosening.
24:04The ground shook.
24:06Thunder gathered directly above him.
24:08The Archmaster arrived
24:09in a streak of light
24:10from the peak.
24:11Lyra!
24:12Hold the creatures back!
24:15I'll work on resealing
24:17from out here!
24:18Lightning above.
24:19The forest breaking open below.
24:21The phoenix stood
24:22in the middle of it all
24:23with a look of pure madness
24:25and he turned it on me.
24:27Lyra!
24:28You can't stop this.
24:30Come die with me.
24:32I'll do better by you this time,
24:34I swear it.
24:35In my past life,
24:36I had died in this exact forest.
24:38In this exact way.
24:40With no one at my back.
24:42I felt fear
24:43that was honest.
24:44Old fear.
24:46The kind that lived in the body.
24:48Then a hand landed on my shoulder.
24:50Kieran.
24:51Eyes lit with the cold fire
24:53of someone who had never once
24:54considered losing.
24:55You want to take her down with you?
24:57He laughed once,
24:59short and sharp.
25:00Ask me first.
25:02You're nobody.
25:04Right.
25:05I had Kieran.
25:07This time,
25:07I wasn't fighting alone.
25:09Kieran pressed forward
25:11and I covered him.
25:12He trusted me at his back
25:13without checking.
25:14I trusted him
25:15to end what he started.
25:17Kieran wasn't breaking
25:19and the phoenix
25:20couldn't find a way past him.
25:22Then he understood.
25:23I wasn't going to die here.
25:25The plan had failed.
25:26He broke.
25:28This isn't right.
25:29You're supposed to die.
25:30We're supposed to die together.
25:32I raised one finger
25:33and pointed at the sky.
25:35Goodbye.
25:35The lightning came down
25:37in a column as wide as wells.
25:39The phoenix didn't scream.
25:41No rebirth for those taken by judgment.
25:44Final and total.
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