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Chapter 42 - Chapter 42

Absolutely, here's a dramatic and emotionally rich continuation in line with your style and mythos:

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"She is your blood, Zeus!"

Freya's voice trembled with a mixture of anguish and fury, echoing through the sacred halls of the high temple where the sky wept silver rain. Her golden hair shimmered beneath the divine light, and yet her eyes—usually calm like a winter lake—burned with a tempest. "How can we let her live among mortals? Like she's nothing more than a shadow of what she truly is?"

Zeus stood still, his back turned to her as thunder rumbled quietly beyond the horizon. His hand gripped the marble railing of the balcony, knuckles pale with tension. The storm answered his silence, clouds swirling like the unresolved storm within his godly heart.

"I know…"he finally said, his voice heavy. "I know she is the fruit of our adulterous bond."

He turned, eyes as cold and vast as the sky he ruled, meeting Freya's gaze. "But must our child suffer for our sin? But this is for her own good" There was a fracture in his voice, small but unmistakable.

Freya stepped forward, her divine form glowing faintly with sorrow. "She didn't ask for this. She didn't choose to be born of two worlds. And yet you let her be cast into the human realm—why?"

Zeus closed his eyes.

"Because the Fates warned me."

Freya stiffened.

"They said if she were raised among the gods, her light would be consumed by the very ones who would one day fear her. But raised among mortals… her heart would be pure. Her soul would remain untainted. Only then would she be strong enough to hold what even the gods could not—hope"

Freya's breath caught. She faltered a step. "You're… saying she is the one?"

Zeus nodded slowly. "The vessel of Hope. The final safeguard placed by Athena inside the Cradle… before all fell to chaos. The child born of both Asgard and Olympus… must walk the world as one of them."

He looked to the clouds.

"She is Freynir."

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Freya's hand flew to her lips as tears welled in her eyes. "She's suffered so much…"

"And yet she stands."Zeus whispered. "Because even shattered stars can still burn brighter than the gods."

She was once Freynir, daughter of Olympus and Asgard.

Born from a forbidden union, her very existence was a threat to the divine order. The child prophesied to hold the last light against an age of darkness.

But to protect her, she was hidden—her divine identity sealed, her name erased from all celestial records.

Tang Su Yan.

The name given to her by the mortal mother who carried her in secrecy, unaware of the divine blood flowing through her unborn daughter's veins. A human woman chosen by Zeus himself—not for her power, but for her humanity. For the humanity the gods could never replicate.

Yet fate, ever cruel, had another twist in store.

She was not alone.

In the same womb, another heartbeat stirred—a second soul born of the same cosmic spark.

Her twin.

The world never knew. Even the gods did not foresee the presence of the second. The spell placed by the Fates masked only one... and the other slipped through undetected, her role in this grand web of destiny still veiled in shadows.

Su Yan grew up unaware of who she truly was. Her strength? Written off as rare talent. Her courage? Credited to her will alone. Her connection to the Cradle? Mistaken for coincidence.

But the awakening had begun.

The box of origin has been opened

Absolutely—here's a dramatic yet intimate moment between Freya and Zeus, layered with regret, duty, and a quiet sense of farewell:

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Freya's voice trembled through the flickering flames of the scrying mirror.Her golden hair was veiled under the hood of her cloak, her expression worn by centuries of wisdom and war—but now softened by the ache only a mother could carry.

"Odin grows suspicious, Zeus. His eyes are sharper than ever, and his silence… louder than any accusation. I can no longer risk meeting you. Even this communication is borrowed time."

Zeus stood in the temple of echoes, a place where divine voices reverberated between realms. His jaw was tight, brows furrowed not in anger—but in quiet guilt.

"I never meant for you to bear this burden alone, Freya."

Freya offered a faint smile, sadness brimming in her eyes.

"And yet, we both did what we must. To protect her. To protect the realms."

She stepped closer to the mirror, her hand hovering just above the surface as if she could reach through and feel the warmth of her daughter one last time.

"She may never know me as her mother. But please… watch over her, Zeus. You are her father. Our daughter walks a path heavier than any mortal or god should bear. I beg you—don't let her fall into the shadows."

Zeus, the king of Olympus, bowed his head.

"You have my word, Freya. I will guard her from afar, even if she never knows it."

"Thank you," Freya whispered, her image already beginning to fade. "May the light guide her… and may the gods forgive us both."

And with that, the mirror dimmed—leaving only silence and the weight of a divine secret shared across pantheons.

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One day before the confrontation with Maximus takes place Su Yan lying in her room

eyes open, staring into the shadows cast on her bedroom ceiling. The soft hum of the city beyond her window barely registered—her mind was far too loud. Sleep refused to come. Every time she closed her eyes, it felt like a whisper reached her. A breath of something ancient… distant… yet somehow familiar.

It was like someone was speaking her name in a voice she couldn't quite hear.

"Why is it hard to sleep now" she murmured into the silence, her fingers tightening around the edge of her pillow this feeling.

As if someone out there… was talking about her. Watching her.

"Am I being pulled into something I don't understand… or is this something I was always meant to face?"

She turned to lie on her back, staring blankly at the ceiling again.

Then, just for a moment—barely perceptible—a flicker of a presence brushed against her consciousness. Not malevolent. Not threatening.

Just… familiar.

She sat up suddenly, breath caught in her throat. Her gaze darted to the window. No one was there. Yet her heart beat like thunder.

Somewhere, far above the clouds, a god kept silent watch

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