[System Alert: Heartline Cross Triggered]
Emotional threshold exceeded. One bond will evolve. One will break.
Warning: Host cannot possess both. Fate demands a choice.
Selene's War Room – Sunrise
Kaelion stood in the doorway like he'd been waiting for hours.
Selene didn't speak first.
She never did.
He stepped inside, slow and deliberate.
"I saw the sky last night," he said quietly. "And I felt it burn behind my ribs."
"I saw your mark glow again."
She turned to face him.
His eyes — gold, storm-wrapped — held something close to fear.
"I'm losing you," he said.
A Silence That Hurt to Hold
"You lost me the moment you let them light the fire," Selene said.
He flinched.
"I know," he whispered. "And I've hated myself every breath since."
She stared at him, cold and calm on the outside.
But inside?
Fire.
Old. Hot. Waiting to be named.
He Took a Step Closer
"No throne," he said. "No war. No gods. Just us. Say the word, and I'll throw it all away."
Selene didn't move.
"I can't be yours anymore," she said.
"But I…" Her voice broke. "I wanted to be."
[System Alert: Kaelion Bond at Threshold – Choose Direction: Banish | Bound Lovers | Unresolved Tension]
Selection: Unresolved Tension (Auto-triggered by host hesitation.)
Kaelion didn't kiss her.
Didn't beg.
He stepped back.
"I'll wait," he said.
"Even if the gods fall before you look back."
Final Scene
He left.
Selene stood alone in her war room…
And for the first time in weeks—
She let the flame dim.
But deep in her chest, two names still burned.
Kaelion.
Lucien.
And she knew:
One would stand beside her when the world ended.
The other might be the reason it did.