The beat changed.
No longer stable.
No longer regular.
The giant structure before them that had been pulsing like a heart was now trembling chaotically.
The red light that had once flowed with a steady rhythm began to break apart.
Interrupted.
Mixed with other lights.
Gold.
White.
And something deeper.
Aurelia stood in the middle of it all.
Her hand still touched the surface of the heart.
Her eyes were open.
But her gaze was no longer there.
She was seeing something else.
Something that had long been locked away.
Voices.
Many voices.
Shouts.
Prayers.
Pleas.
Aurelia saw that time again.
Clearer than ever before.
That great circle.
Creatures of various races.
Wolves.
Humans.
Shadow beings.
They stood together.
Not as enemies.
But with a single purpose.
And in the center.
Her.
Not like now.
Older.
More… complete.
Her eyes glowed not only with gold.
But also with pure white.
And before her.
Something.
Its form was unclear.
Unstable.
