Chapter 87

Samkiel awakens chained in the council hall, recognizing the runes as the same curse-language from Yejedin—wards Unir designed to hold Primordials. Elianna explains only the scribe can break them and boasts that the council is now half of The Order, not Samkiel’s former council. Samkiel sees Logan and Imogen standing hollow-eyed, their emotions suppressed by the words of Ezalan.

Jiraiya circles Samkiel with gray sands to seal the ritual, while Leviathan notes the Equinox’s approach. The ceiling spirals open to a blood-red moon as The Order ignites celestial markings, declaring Samkiel’s reign a failure. Cameron and a glazed Xavier arrive; Vincent drags a bound Camilla, and The Hand stands as emotionless soldiers, their bond to Samkiel ruptured.

Kaden enters in Dragonbane armor and strikes Samkiel with lightning of Dianna’s color, relishing the revelation that they are brothers, both sons of Unir. At the mention of Dianna, Samkiel’s fury fractures the hall and strains the wards, but he collapses under their strength. Kaden taunts him about mirrors and frequencies used to separate them, calling Dianna a destructive counterpart to Samkiel, and admits he tried to keep her to thwart fate.

Kaden continues the torture, raging over centuries of perceived injustice. He reveals a disguised weapon from Unir—a bracelet that becomes a golden, rune-etched spear scented with Dianna’s blood. Kaden drives the spear through Samkiel and twists, triggering a catastrophic release.

Light tears from Samkiel’s body in a focused beam that strikes the sky. With thunderous force during the Equinox alignment, the blast rips the universe open, fulfilling The Order’s plan to open the realms.