CHAPTER THIRTEEN : Wounds, Wings, and Wrath
The apartment was silent.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjtgMX7JZ7
Ash clung to the walls.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHDRBkG3tZ
Caden was gone — for now.
But the message was clear:6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbVgI9rLS1
They were done waiting.
Heaven had declared war.
Lilith stood in the bathroom mirror, blood still seeping from the slice on her arm.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnsHlqLpNs
Golden. Glowing.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KrWKJKcnp
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.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcxOTPcj3K
“Faster.”
She turned to him, eyes fierce.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJybGMHGfKh
“I can’t protect you like this. Not yet. But I will.”
Daniel reached out, brushing a strand of hair from her face.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUBd5oLGyu
“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.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyJa2DVeM1
“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.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOUlAAxYFw
Ash followed her footsteps.
And Daniel watched her, breathless.
There were moments she faltered.
The wound reopened.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlMdWpv1hb
The golden blood hissed like venom.
“Lilith, stop—”
“No.”
She stood, chest heaving.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQhZhvYovn
“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.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqtiY0ojS7
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.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ749Nr0X4jq
“I—I felt you.”
“They touched you,” she whispered.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljXW1G9sm3
“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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