Family of Titans

The air was too still.

Kai raised his hand, fingers spread defensively in front of Lior as the double appeared in the doorway—identical, down to the smallest mole under his left eye. But this copy had something alien in its eyes: no soul behind the mimicry, only calculation.

"Who are you?" Lior demanded, stepping from behind Kai.

The double tilted its head, then smiled with bone-chilling precision.

"I’m the version they perfected," it said.

Before either of them could react, a bright pulse shattered the air. The double vanished in a glitch of light—beamed out or dismantled, it was impossible to say.

Sirens rang outside.

"We need to go," Kai said. "Now."

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They didn’t run to Shelter Unit Zero like the announcement instructed. Instead, Kai led Lior through maintenance tunnels, slipping past patrols with practiced precision until they reached an old elevator shaft marked with symbols Lior didn’t recognize—but that felt achingly familiar.

"Where are we going?" Lior whispered.

Kai pushed a code into the ancient panel. The elevator groaned.

"To meet your family."

Lior’s heart seized.

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The descent took fifteen minutes—deep into the understructure of Astralis Academy. The shaft opened into a subterranean garden unlike anything Lior had ever seen. Trees glowed violet. Rivers sparkled with stardust. The air was thick with power.

Standing in the middle of the garden was a woman with hair like liquid metal and skin the color of stormclouds. Her eyes burned like twin novas.

"Welcome home, my son."

Lior took a step back.

"I—what?"

Kai stepped forward. "Lior, meet Titaness Vaelora. High Commander of House Calvess. Your mother."

Lior’s knees gave out. He collapsed on the soft moss floor, trembling.

She approached slowly, kneeling before him, her hands cupping his face.

"You were hidden to protect you. The prophecy—"

"I don’t care about a prophecy!" Lior snapped. "I don’t even know who I am anymore."

Vaelora’s gaze softened.

"You are ours. And you were born to reshape this system."

Kai helped him stand.

"There’s more," he said. "Someone is copying him. Watching. Preparing."

Vaelora’s lips thinned.

"Then the others must awaken."

She raised her hand—and a circle of shimmering figures appeared. Giants. Titans. Family.

Each bore markings on their skin like cosmic runes. Each had eyes like Lior’s.

"These are your siblings," she said. "And one of them is already missing."

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Later, in one of the obsidian guest chambers deep within the sanctuary, Lior stood under cascading starlight in the glass shower. His body ached—Kai’s touch still burned on his skin, but now it mingled with something deeper: confusion, grief, hunger for answers.

The door opened.

Kai walked in, silent. Shirtless. His chest still bore Lior’s nail marks from earlier.

"You okay?"

Lior turned slowly. Water beaded down his chest, trailing along every curve.

"No. But I want you again. Now. Hard."

Kai didn’t wait. He crossed the room in seconds, grabbing Lior’s wet body, pinning him to the slick glass wall.

Their mouths collided—teeth clashing, tongues fighting for dominance. Kai dropped to his knees, sucking and licking until Lior was gasping, fingers buried in Kai’s hair.

Then he stood and spun Lior around.

"You sure?"

Lior looked over his shoulder, eyes blazing.

"Make me forget everything but you."

Kai entered him slowly, then all at once, the water steaming hotter as their bodies collided. The wet slap of skin echoed in the chamber. Lior’s moans were swallowed by Kai’s neck as he came, trembling, wrapped in arms that wouldn’t let go.

They slid to the floor, breathless.

"They want me for something," Lior murmured.

"Then let’s make sure they get you, not a copy."

From above, the Titans watched.

And in the shadows of a different world, the Lior-copy stood before a cloaked council of bioengineers and ethereal warlords.

"We underestimated the original," one said.

The double smiled darkly.

"I won’t make that mistake again."

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The prophecy had only just begun.

And the bloodline of Titans was awakening.

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