Chapter 177: EMBER DIVINITY.
David stepped into his chamber, feeling every bit of the day's weight settle over him. Though his body was in prime condition, his mind felt anything but. It wasn't the coronation or the ceremony that had drained him; it was everything strange and unearthly he'd endured recently, each encounter peeling back layers of mystery he was never prepared to confront.
Just days before, he'd come face-to-face with the original David, the soul that should have inhabited this body. The encounter was jarring—a man offering him a chance to save Angelica in exchange for the truth, a truth buried under a mountain of forgotten memories and dark legacies.