CHAPTER THIRTEEN : Wounds, Wings, and Wrath
The apartment was silent.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueatgvOdBK
Ash clung to the walls.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQmTxIsx9T
Caden was gone — for now.
But the message was clear:24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVqwYxjzNI
They were done waiting.
Heaven had declared war.
Lilith stood in the bathroom mirror, blood still seeping from the slice on her arm.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5BDw9lVPQ
Golden. Glowing.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfc7i3vS4c
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkpP0cYX0k
“Faster.”
She turned to him, eyes fierce.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3kfQdB9LR
“I can’t protect you like this. Not yet. But I will.”
Daniel reached out, brushing a strand of hair from her face.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJiK0mW8LQ
“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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlTok26p8U
“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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGbX3SCFIL
Ash followed her footsteps.
And Daniel watched her, breathless.
There were moments she faltered.
The wound reopened.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRzJ8z7590
The golden blood hissed like venom.
“Lilith, stop—”
“No.”
She stood, chest heaving.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgifmiXs32C
“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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqLk2ctcti
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.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnRGcxY50M
“I—I felt you.”
“They touched you,” she whispered.24Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN9W8EsV2h
“The angels. That blade.”
And then the terrible truth set in.
They hadn’t just tried to kill her.
They had marked him.
ns216.73.216.238da2
