Chapter 7 - The Eclipse Awakens

"You're too late, old man!" Corvin shrieked, raising the dagger high above my heart. "Her blood belongs to me!"
The blade came rushing down.
Time seemed to freeze.
I didn't wait for Walter to save me. I didn't wait for fate to decide my life. Deep within my soul, the final remnant of the ancient seal shattered into a million burning pieces.
I am not trash. I am not a bargaining chip. I am the Eclipse.
A blinding explosion of golden and crimson light erupted directly from my chest. The force wave blasted outward with the strength of a hurricane.
The executioners were thrown off the high platform, screaming as they crashed to the ground below. Alpha Corvin was hurled backward, his ritual dagger shattering into fine silver dust against the sheer pressure of my magic.
The iron shackles on my wrists melted into liquid gold, dripping harmlessly onto the stone.
I floated slightly above the altar, bathed in an ethereal aura of brilliant light that illuminated the entire fortress. The red moon from the night of my exile appeared in the sky directly above me, casting a majestic crimson glow over the battlefield.
Every soldier in the courtyard—friend and foe alike—dropped their weapons and fell to their knees in awe and terror.
Corvin scrambled backward on his hands and knees, staring up at me with horror in his eyes. "What... what are you?!"
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I landed softly on the stone floor, my hair floating around me, my eyes glowing with absolute golden power.
"I am the Omega you threw away," I said, my voice echoing with the resonance of a hundred ancient spirits.