Chapter 17: Crowned in Light

The citadel of the Arch-Sorcerer did not become a monument to his defeat, but a foundation for our future. In the weeks that followed the final battle, Lycans and Vampires worked side-by-side, not as uneasy allies, but as a single people, clearing the rubble and building something new from the ashes of war. The air, once thick with malice and dark magic, now hummed with the sounds of construction and, tentatively, even laughter. There was no question of returning to the old ways, to separate...