The ruins shook.
Not from an enemy's attack—
But from them.
From Adrian and Adriel.
Their silver frost had always been powerful. Controlled. Cold.
But this—
This was something else.
Something new.
Something that shouldn't exist.
Rene felt it instantly.
A shift in the air. A pulse that made her bones tremble.
Lucien stiffened beside her, his golden eyes narrowing.
"What—"
Then—
The ruins froze.
Not just with ice.
Not just with cold.
With time itself.
The air went still.
The dust, the wind, even the shifting shadows—motionless.
Like the world had been locked in place.
Rene's breath caught in her throat.
She turned—
And saw them.
Adrian and Adriel, standing side by side.
But they weren't the same.
Their silver light—always cold, always restrained—was no longer silver.
It had deepened. Darkened.
Now, their power burned.
Not with fire.
But with something far more dangerous.
Something that twisted between light and darkness.
Something primal.
And their eyes—
Their silver eyes were no longer just silver.
They glowed.
One eye—pure silver light.
The other—black.
A void.
A perfect balance of both.
Their father—the man who was no longer their father—stared at them.
And for the first time—
He looked genuinely surprised.
"This… wasn't supposed to happen," he murmured.
Adriel exhaled slowly. His breath was mist, his power shifting like smoke and ice.
"Neither were we."
Then—
They moved.
---
(A Power That Defies Fate)
They attacked in unison.
For the first time—completely synchronized.
Not just twins.
Not just ice and light.
Something more.
Something unbound.
Their frost wasn't just cold anymore.
It was absolute.
When Adrian struck, his ice didn't just freeze the ground.
It erased it.
Like time itself had been rewritten.
When Adriel followed, his power didn't just crack the air.
It broke the shadows apart.
Forced them to obey.
Their father tried to move—
But he couldn't.
The space around him warped.
His own shadows—his own magic—hesitated.
Like something older had stepped in.
Something that did not belong to him.
"You don't control us," Adrian said.
Adriel's eyes burned. "Not anymore."
Then—
They raised their hands.
And time shattered.
---
(The One Who Watches)
Far away—
In a place untouched by time—
Something stirred.
A presence that had been waiting.
Watching.
It had known this moment would come.
The moment when they would awaken.
The moment when the ones who were never meant to exist—
Would break free.
And the game that had been played for so long—
Would finally change.
---
The Ruins Collapse
The world snapped back into motion.
But everything was different.
The ruins—once solid, once ancient—could not hold their power.
Cracks ran through the stone.
The very air shivered.
Their father's form flickered—shadows pulling at him.
And in his void-dark eyes—
There was no longer confidence.
There was fear.
"You don't understand," he whispered.
His voice wavered.
"This power… it wasn't meant for you."
Adrian stepped forward.
Adriel stood beside him.
Their power hummed in the air—calm. Controlled. Absolute.
"You never got to decide what we were meant to be," Adrian said.
Adriel's voice was quiet, but firm. "And now, you never will."
Then—
They struck.
And the world broke.
To be continued...