The chamber cracked open with a sound like splitting stone, a deep thunder that echoed from the walls of the ancient vault. Kai stepped in front of Evryn on instinct, shielding her with his body as fragments rained from the ceiling. Behind them, the false Evryn—her doppelgänger—rose to her feet slowly, her form trembling, not from fear, but from recognition.Evryn’s heart pounded. The voice they had heard—"Let the true architect rise"—wasn’t a metaphor. It was a warning. And now, as the air warped and thickened, Evryn could feel it in her bones:Something ancient was waking up.A fracture split the center of the floor. Crimson veins of light poured through the stone, casting eerie shadows across the room. Evryn gritted her teeth, trying to still the shaking in her hands. The Lattice inside her was pulsing again, not violently, but almost... reverently. As if it were responding to a higher command.“What the hell is happening?” Kai asked, backing toward her.Before Evryn could answer,
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