Bloodlines in Motion

Location: The Kane Family Archives, Tavara

Victor Kane stood beneath the vaulted marble ceiling of the ancestral archive chamber. The flames in the sconces flickered unnaturally—as though stirred by the sudden awakening of something buried.

"This place hasn't been touched in over two decades," whispered Evelyn Kane, his aunt, running her fingers along a dust-covered volume. "And yet it feels like it's… watching us."

Victor remained silent, his gaze focused on the crest carved into the ancient oak table. Two dragons—one of ice, the other fire—locked in eternal combat.

The same emblem on the lost scroll that had resurfaced in the Omega Vault last week.

"I need to know," Victor said slowly, "who else shares this bloodline. If Elara is truly one of us—if she was hidden from the family…"

Evelyn raised a brow. "Then we're dealing with something much more dangerous than an exiled child."

Victor opened the book in front of him. In its pages, names and timelines unraveled. Several had been erased—literally scorched off the parchment.

But a single name remained, written in crimson ink and circled in protective symbols.

Elara Kane.

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Location: Damien's Private Study

Damien set the tablet aside, pinching the bridge of his nose as Nora walked in. "Still haven't slept?" she asked, moving to his side.

He shook his head. "Victor just confirmed it—Elara is a Kane. From one of the forbidden branches. Hidden, possibly even bred… for balance."

Nora's mind raced. "If that's true, then her awakening wasn't an accident. Someone wanted the Kane legacy split and sealed."

"Or weaponized," Damien added grimly. "And now that she's awake, both Althea and Elara are drawn together like magnets."

He paused. "The prophecy—'the moon and fire'—they're more than just symbols. They're sisters."

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Location: Althea's Forward Operations Airship

The vessel sliced through the night sky as Althea stood at its helm, eyes glowing faintly red.

A raven landed on the railing beside her, dropping a scroll into her hand. She unrolled it slowly.

Her face darkened.

"The Kane name. Of course," she muttered.

She crushed the scroll, embers falling to the wind. "They erased her. Hid her. Pretended I was the only one."

Her voice dropped to a whisper. "But I remember now."

She turned sharply to her crew. "Change course. We're heading to the Eastern Citadel. It's time the world remembered what happens… when the Kane bloodline unites."

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Location: Unknown – Surveillance Control Room

Inside a dim room full of blinking monitors, an elderly man with cybernetic implants watched the movements of both sisters.

"They've begun their dance," he murmured. "Moon and Fire. Balance and Ruin."

He typed a single command on the glowing interface:

> ACTIVATE PROTOCOL: BLOODLINES

A dozen lights turned red.

"It's time the heirs of Tavara learn… the truth was never about prophecy. It was about control."