CHAPTER THIRTEEN : Wounds, Wings, and Wrath
The apartment was silent.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pLzceo3VU
Ash clung to the walls.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfEm1G6atA
Caden was gone — for now.
But the message was clear:8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn5N6oRNQo
They were done waiting.
Heaven had declared war.
Lilith stood in the bathroom mirror, blood still seeping from the slice on her arm.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfvDOOtN7c
Golden. Glowing.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwWLSe7oMR
It sizzled against the porcelain sink.
Daniel stood behind her, quiet, shaken.
“You’re bleeding,” he said softly.
“Not for long.”
She touched the wound.
Closed her eyes.
And the light from her fingers shifted.
What should’ve been healing…
Was changing.
Her skin shimmered.
Not just mended — fortified.
“I need to evolve,” she murmured.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVgI4EN9nG
“Faster.”
She turned to him, eyes fierce.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhs0r5tyeg
“I can’t protect you like this. Not yet. But I will.”
Daniel reached out, brushing a strand of hair from her face.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFBflNHiL7
“Then let me help you.”
They went to the rooftop at midnight.
Her wings burst from her back, full and ashen gold under the moonlight.
“Heaven’s gifts can be learned,” she whispered.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIOlBvEkBf
“But my curse... it's something I’ll turn into power.”
She began training.
Wings slicing wind.
Fists glowing with ancient runes.
Lightning kissed her skin.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEttef07PAU
Ash followed her footsteps.
And Daniel watched her, breathless.
There were moments she faltered.
The wound reopened.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmNF2SbW3Y
The golden blood hissed like venom.
“Lilith, stop—”
“No.”
She stood, chest heaving.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRca5J2Npne
“I won’t be weak when they come again. I won’t lose you.”
And then it happened.
A pulse of energy surged from her — not from rage…
…but from love.
It echoed.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05BUVVyMRz
It reverberated through Daniel’s bones.
He stumbled forward, gasping.
His eyes widened.
His veins glowed for a second.
Just like hers.
Lilith froze.
“Daniel?”
He stared at his hands.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey56alBpbl
“I—I felt you.”
“They touched you,” she whispered.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgOOtVEkfq
“The angels. That blade.”
And then the terrible truth set in.
They hadn’t just tried to kill her.
They had marked him.
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