CHAPTER THIRTEEN : Wounds, Wings, and Wrath
The apartment was silent.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0neKGwchIV
Ash clung to the walls.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefsI9EJX8o
Caden was gone — for now.
But the message was clear:25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqMSoTf6KH
They were done waiting.
Heaven had declared war.
Lilith stood in the bathroom mirror, blood still seeping from the slice on her arm.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡchGbwP5dUl
Golden. Glowing.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskiaIgPIoP
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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEia6rC1UV
“Faster.”
She turned to him, eyes fierce.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GmYacOphF
“I can’t protect you like this. Not yet. But I will.”
Daniel reached out, brushing a strand of hair from her face.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ9kt7OfM8
“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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTO1uQDLZeb
“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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuXdX2lDMV
Ash followed her footsteps.
And Daniel watched her, breathless.
There were moments she faltered.
The wound reopened.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmCaMuhDYx
The golden blood hissed like venom.
“Lilith, stop—”
“No.”
She stood, chest heaving.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvFN2xf6RU
“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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGr0Djfv05
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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuvMV36GuH
“I—I felt you.”
“They touched you,” she whispered.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzD2KLze5Wm
“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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