Chapter 15 - THE NIGHT THE BLACKWOOD EMPIRE CHOSE SIDESGunfire erupted through St. Agnes.
Crown Saints soldiers stormed the building.
Victor shielded Lily and Ethan.
Naomi led the defense.
Celia freed prisoners.
Serena confronted Lucien.
He stared at her.
"You should be dead."
She answered:
"You tried."
For the first time, Serena stood against her father.
Not because she was suddenly good.
Because she was finally tired of being owned.
The battle spread through the corridors.
Some Blackwood soldiers switched sides.
Others fled.
Some surrendered.
The archive had changed everything.
There was no empire left to protect.
Only people.
And consequences.
When the fighting ended, Bell was dead.
Lucien was arrested.
Hale was arrested.
Judge Crane was arrested.
Julian disappeared.
Victor surrendered.
Lily remained beside Ethan.
Outside the hospital, hundreds of victims waited.
Some carried photographs.
Some carried birth certificates.
Some carried nothing.
Because some had never been given a name.
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Lily looked at them.
For the first time, she understood that Ethan's story was only one story among hundreds.
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