Immortal Mythos: Bound by Void

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The wind brushed against her face gently, carrying whispers only she could hear.

Aiko stood near the edge of a shrine in the hills, her eyes closed, fingers loosely clasped together as she focused. The world around her had dulled—the trees, the sound of rustling leaves, even the birds had gone silent.

Something was off.

Her spiritual senses flared like alarms in her chest. The rift had trembled again. A void—not just a presence—but a pressure, like something ancient drawing breath after centuries of sleep.

She opened her eyes.

"They're fighting again…" she whispered.

Her vision blurred slightly. A pulse ran through her body—a single heartbeat echoing far too loudly. And in that instant, she felt Yuki.

A sudden burst of power, rage, pain… and something else.

Resolve.

Then, an explosion of energy, like a star collapsing.

Aiko staggered backward, grabbing a nearby pillar to stay upright. "Yuki… what did you just awaken?"

She saw flickers—Haru's overwhelming flames—Yuki's aura flaring to meet it—then, silence. Followed by a colder, commanding presence she didn't recognize… until she remembered the masked figure from before.

Him.

The one watching from the shadows.

The one who haunted Yuki's energy like a tether.

Aiko breathed slowly, her gaze hard. "It's happening again. Faster than it should."

She looked to the sky, eyes burning with worry.

"I have to reach him before it's too late…"

But deep down, she wasn't sure if she was trying to save Yuki from others—

—or from himself.

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