Chapter 34 - Embrace of Destiny

The days following the High Order's decree blurred into an endless dance of training, uncertainty, and whispered doubts. Every morning, I awoke with the Codex's pulse heavy in my chest—a steady reminder of the legacy that had been forced upon me, and of the ultimatum that loomed like a specter: three moons to prove mastery over this ancient power or face the wrath of a world that feared what I might become.