Chapter 138

KAELOS "We become what we should have been from the beginning," I said, standing to address the room full of broken, healing, and determined Guardians. "Not weapons contained by fear, but partners unified by choice." The weight of that statement settled over everyone present. Through our triple bond, I felt Seraphina's fierce approval and Ruvan's calculating assessment of the resources we would need to make such an ambitious declaration reality. Sarah struggled to sit up, James immediately moving to support her despite his own emotional wounds. "You're talking about complete separation from Guardian Command," she said, her voice gaining strength with each word. "Not just the committee—the entire structure." "The structure that allowed the committee to torture us for years?" Marcus called out from his position at the communications console. "The structure that classified our evolution as a security threat?" "The structure that would rather see us lobotomized than integrated," Elena adde