Imperial Crown Private Bunker – Emergency Broadcast Room
The heavy steel doors slammed shut behind Selina as she carried her trembling son into the only safe place left in the crumbling empire.
Her soaked clothes clung to her fragile frame, but her eyes—red, swollen, and exhausted—still held the sharp glint of a queen unbowed by the storm.
Her son whimpered softly, clutching her neck, his tiny fingers ice cold against her burning skin.
She had won the battle for her child… but the war for Damian, and for their empire, was far from over.
Outside these walls, chaos reigned. Adrian Jiang was one move away from total victory.
But not if she had anything to say about it.
Her will was a sharpened blade now—cold, precise, and ready to cut through the final chains that bound her.
Scene Switch – Damian's Hidden Location
Damian lay strapped to a cold metal gurney, his vision blurred, every breath a fight against the darkness creeping in.
His body convulsed as the poison Adrian's men injected took its toll, but his jaw clenched tight, his fists balled with the last remnants of his fading strength.
This couldn't be how it ended. He promised Selina forever. He promised to protect their family. And a Lu never breaks his promise.
Through the haze of pain, he heard footsteps.
A familiar voice.
"Rise, Damian. Or watch everything you built turn to ash."
It was Grandfather Lu.
Alive. Smiling.
Damian's heart thudded painfully against his ribcage.
The old man's words were like a death sentence wrapped in silk—gentle in tone, lethal in meaning.
Scene Switch – Selina's Final Move
Selina stood before the live broadcast console, her trembling hands activating the final contingency plan Damian had hidden from the world.
A live broadcast streamed across every major network.
With her son by her side, she faced the cameras head-on, her voice strong despite the tremor in her chest.
"To the people of this empire," she began, her eyes burning with unyielding fire, "You've watched me fall. You've watched them try to destroy me. But tonight… you will watch me rise."
Her words ignited a revolution.
Just as the broadcast ended, a bloodied, half-dead Damian burst through the doors of the bunker, collapsing into Selina's arms.
His voice was a hoarse whisper.
"I told you… I'd always come back to you."
But before she could answer, alarms blared again.
Adrian's final army had arrived.
The empire's last battle was about to begin.