Location: Dracas Estate – Inner Sanctum, Immediately After Damon's Revelation
The coin lay on the table.
Black.
Heavy.
Marked with the crowned dragon.
And though no one had moved yet…
inside, they were already breaking.
Nova – The Wound Reopened
He's him.
He's everything I feared he'd become.
Everything I prayed he'd survive long enough to be.
Her eyes burned.
Not with tears…
But with fury, with awe, with love she thought she'd buried.
"You came back for war.
But I wanted you to come back for us."
Still… her fingers itched to reach for the coin.
Because beneath everything?
She knew:
If I leave now…
I'll never see him again.
Not really.
Not like this.
Zeke – The Strategist's Collapse
I was the genius.
The tech prodigy.
The guy who always had a plan.
But he came back a god.
Zeke stared at Damon.
Then at the mansion.
At ARCHAIOS.
At the empire behind the smile.
"You didn't just win.
You transcended."
And now I have to decide—
Do I stay a man?
Or follow a ghost into legend?
Arielle – The Flame Still Alive
I never stopped loving you.
Even when they said you were dead.
Even when I tried to move on.
I knew.
Somewhere deep in my bones…
I knew you'd come back.
But she hadn't expected this.
Not immortality.
Not kingdoms.
Not Damon, rebuilt as a god with no leash.
Still…
She touched the coin first.
Didn't even hesitate.
"If you're going to rule forever…
Then I'll be your sword."
Elina – Torn Between Two Lifetimes
She shook.
Quietly.
Not from fear.
But because the weight of belonging to something eternal suddenly felt real.
"You chose power.
And I don't blame you."
But if I take that coin…
Do I get to love you again?
Or do I become just another loyal ghost in your empire?"
Her fingers hovered above the coin.
"Tell me you remember the way I touched your hand that night before the war…
And I'll follow."
Rico – No Conflict. No Doubt.
He stood behind Damon.
Didn't flinch.
Didn't question.
His loyalty was already carved in stone.
"You don't question gravity.
You respect it.
Or get crushed by it."
"And Damon?
He is gravity now."
Final Scene – The Coins Still Wait
The room remained silent.
But the moment was alive with decisions.
Some hands hovered.
Some minds raced.
But Damon didn't rush them.
He just stood, hands folded behind his back, watching the people he once called allies…
now stand at the edge of forever.
"Make your choice," he said softly.
"Because once you do…
the world we build together will never fall."