CHAPTER THIRTEEN : Wounds, Wings, and Wrath
The apartment was silent.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkn0YXLF73
Ash clung to the walls.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0mHPePovx
Caden was gone — for now.
But the message was clear:13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZJxxIYdwC
They were done waiting.
Heaven had declared war.
Lilith stood in the bathroom mirror, blood still seeping from the slice on her arm.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoogcNmAcDP
Golden. Glowing.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0atdyxqIn
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOeSyIhFET
“Faster.”
She turned to him, eyes fierce.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmYCZxJI6s
“I can’t protect you like this. Not yet. But I will.”
Daniel reached out, brushing a strand of hair from her face.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkfnuS04TR
“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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPBd1u3y83
“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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsB92ZBtfS
Ash followed her footsteps.
And Daniel watched her, breathless.
There were moments she faltered.
The wound reopened.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxqJEbCo14
The golden blood hissed like venom.
“Lilith, stop—”
“No.”
She stood, chest heaving.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Gka67yrMO
“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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxWqEtF77o
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG21QVHU9xi
“I—I felt you.”
“They touched you,” she whispered.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76zBzQPHSz
“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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