LILY POV
The Balance chair was calling my name.
Not literally - it didn't have a voice. But I could feel it pulling at something deep inside me, like a magnet drawing metal. Each step I took toward the center of the Council room made the silver light around the empty seat glow brighter.
"Lily, stop!" Caleb grabbed my arm, his dimensional sight probably showing him things I couldn't see yet. "Don't get any closer to it!"
But I couldn't help myself. My feet kept moving forward, drawn by a force I didn't understand. Around us, the other six Architects stood with their massive forces, waiting to see what I would do.
The Architect of Order stepped forward first - the one we'd been fighting before. Up close, he looked even more tired and sad than I'd expected. "Sister," he said, and his voice held ages of loneliness. "You have no idea how long I've waited for you to awaken."
