Chapter 17: Children of Destiny

The battlefield froze when Kazuki and Akira appeared.

Kazuki - with Heather's soft brown hair and Demand's piercing lavender eyes - stepped forward. His small frame radiated an unexpected supernatural energy. "Mother," he whispered, "come back."

Akira, who looked exactly like Demand but had Heather's compassionate smile, reached out with a small hand that suddenly crackled with unexpected divine power.

The Spectre Sisters - Petz, Calaveras, Berthier, and Koan - watched with intense fascination. They had been bound by dark crystals, but the children's arrival created subtle fractures in their supernatural restraints.

Petz, always the most powerful, felt her electricity begin to pulse in sync with the children's energy. "Something's happening," she muttered to her sisters.

Prince Demand's entire being shifted. For the first time, genuine emotion broke