Chapter 136 - The Weight of the Bloodline

The air in the guest room had reached a point of saturation, a suffocating atmospheric pressure that made Amara's vision swim at the edges. She stood frozen in the iron-clad circle of Darien's arm, her mind reeling with the impossibility of the moment. His parents. She had always thought of Darien as a singular force, a creature born of ancient fire who had simply always been. To see him standing before the architects of his own bloodline was a jarring reminder of the vast, terrifying history he carried.