CHAPTER THIRTEEN : Wounds, Wings, and Wrath
The apartment was silent.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzUs98PS7D
Ash clung to the walls.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbBPsTc26y
Caden was gone — for now.
But the message was clear:10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGNOEYQENv
They were done waiting.
Heaven had declared war.
Lilith stood in the bathroom mirror, blood still seeping from the slice on her arm.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61dHs7lHSC
Golden. Glowing.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMZ2cJyNRm
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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRKSK1RSzD
“Faster.”
She turned to him, eyes fierce.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93n5p1DHRu
“I can’t protect you like this. Not yet. But I will.”
Daniel reached out, brushing a strand of hair from her face.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPewWRO569
“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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUg4tNu7rT
“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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwgHgTTrao
Ash followed her footsteps.
And Daniel watched her, breathless.
There were moments she faltered.
The wound reopened.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HlRUx5iCs
The golden blood hissed like venom.
“Lilith, stop—”
“No.”
She stood, chest heaving.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwOQacniqM
“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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhS5jIANco
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.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoakIOAfpa
“I—I felt you.”
“They touched you,” she whispered.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm89l3CdzY
“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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