The message went out not as a summons, but as a notification. It was delivered simultaneously to the remnants of the Blood Council and the Silver Moon Council. The location was neutral, ancient ground: the now-sanctified and magically reinforced ruins of St. Jude's Cathedral. The message was simple: the Dual Sovereigns would be present at moonrise to formalize the new world order. Attendance was mandatory.
As the moon rose, casting its silver light through the repaired crystalline skylight, the two Councils arrived, their members standing on opposite sides of the vast nave. The air was thick with millennia of mutual animosity and a newfound, grudging apprehension.
Lilith and Lu Yuan entered together. They did not walk as a Vampire and a Werewolf, but as two halves of a single, majestic power. Lilith wore a gown of deep crimson that seemed to drink the moonlight, while Lu Yuan was clad in the silver and black of his Titan Group, but the colors now seemed to symbolize their union. Their fused auras filled the space, not as a clash, but as a perfect, harmonious chord, silencing all whispers.
In the center of the nave, where Victor's ritual circle had been, now stood a simple stone altar. Upon it rested the sealed container holding the stabilized Nocturne Key, its chaotic energy now dormant, humming peacefully within its new prison.
"We are not here to ask for your blessing," Lu Yuan began, his voice resonating with absolute authority. "We are here to show you the consequences of our victory and the foundation of your future."
Lilith spoke next, her voice the counterpoint to his, cold and clear. "The old Covenant failed. It was a treaty of fear and segregation that nearly cost us everything. It ends tonight."
Together, they approached the altar. Lu Yuan placed his hand upon the container, his palm glowing with silvery moonlight. Lilith placed her hand over his, her touch bringing a wave of crimson, ancient energy. They channeled their fused power into the seal, not to open it, but to finalize it. A complex, beautiful sigil—a hybrid of Werewolf runes and Vampiric glyphs, intertwined with a central motif that was uniquely theirs—flared to life on the container's surface, burning brightly for a moment before settling into a permanent, gentle glow.
"The Nocturne Key is sealed," Lu Yuan announced. "Not by one clan, but by both. Its security is now the shared responsibility of our united front."
Then, Lilith produced a scroll of ancient vellum. It was the new Eternal Covenant. Its text was not a list of prohibitions, but a declaration of unity and shared purpose. It outlined the terms of the alliance between the Vampire and Werewolf races, recognizing the sovereignty of Lilith and Lu Yuan as the ultimate arbiters of this pact. It guaranteed mutual protection, shared intelligence, and a combined effort to police the supernatural world and protect the human one from threats like Victor. It was a contract for a joint empire.
"We, Lilith of the First Blood and Lu Yuan of the Silver Moon, are the Sovereigns of this Covenant," Lilith declared, her voice ringing through the cathedral. "Our word is its law. Our power is its guarantee."
One by one, the members of both Councils were compelled to step forward. There was no choice. To refuse was to declare themselves enemies of the new order. Patriarch Valerius, his face a mask of stoic acceptance, was the first to add his blood sigil to the vellum. Grand Elder Morvan, with a heavy sigh that seemed to carry the weight of fading tradition, was the first to press his clawed mark beside it.
It was not a joyful ceremony, but one of grim necessity and awe. It was a dual coronation, not with crowns, but with the willing—and unwilling—submission of the ancient powers that had ruled for centuries.
When the last mark was placed upon the scroll, it glowed with a soft, combined light, and then the light faded, the terms set into immutable, magical law.
The old world had ended. In the hushed silence of the cathedral, under the watchful moon, the new one had begun, ruled by the inseparable will of the Vampire Queen and the Werewolf Alpha.