The stars went dark.

Not gradually.

All at once.

The ancient city fell into complete silence.

Lucien looked upward.

There was no longer a sky above them.

Only darkness.

Then something moved within it.

A vast shape crossed the empty space, too enormous to understand.

Seraphina stepped closer to Lucien.

"What is that?"

The Keeper's voice trembled.

"Something that should never have heard us."

Aurelia smiled.

"At last."

She raised both hands.

The four powers rose higher.

Light.

Void.

Balance.

Creation.

The ancient seal began to crack.

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"Stop!"

Caelan rushed toward his mother.

Aurelia turned.

"You are finished."

"I won't let you destroy this world."

She laughed.

"You were...