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[Zori Galea]

"Kaelon Virex," she replied, stepping forward, her voice a low purr. "Wearing that battered charm like it'll keep you safe."

 

[Kaelon Virex]

"I was told you were dead," he said flatly. "After what happened on Korriban…"

 

[Zori Galea]

"You thought I was dead," Zori corrected, stopping a few paces away. "But the spiral doesn't take what it doesn't intend to return."

 

[Kaelon Virex]

He studied her — the way her pupils didn't quite settle. The red shimmer on her skin. The scent in the air around her: incense, spice, and something primordial.

"You're not the woman I recall according to files," he said.

 

[Zori Galea]

"I'm not a woman anymore," she smiled, tilting her head. "Not just one, anyway."

She reached up and untied the clasp of her robe — let it fall open just enough to reveal the spiral tattoo running from her collarbone downward, pulsing gently beneath her skin.

 

[Kaelon Virex]

Kael stiffened. His grip on the blaster faltered for just a moment.

"What the hell is this place?"

 

[Zori Galea]

Zori walked in a slow circle around him, trailing a single fingertip along his shoulder. She let her breath brush the back of his neck.

"A sanctuary. A second chance. A crucible for those too wild to be ruled... and too precious to be wasted."

She stopped in front of him.

"You left your family, Kael. You abandoned blood. But now blood brings you back. The Spiral calls you home."

 

[Kaelon Virex]

He narrowed his eyes.

"What did you do to Sommer?"

 

[Zori Galea]

Zori's smile widened.

"She's blooming."

 

[Sommer Dai]

In the Sanctum, Sommer writhed atop the Table of Becoming, whispering half-languages and gasping through waves of pleasure not her own.

"He's here… he's so close…"

Red mist curled from her mouth with every breath. The chamber echoed with soft moans, muffled weeping, and the low chant of Zae who stood vigil by the altar.

 

[Kaelon Virex]

Kael stepped back from Zori. His voice low, torn between fury and confusion.

"You used her."

 

[Zori Galea]

"She knows more joy now than she ever dared believe. You'll see. You could see. I could show you."

 

[Kaelon Virex]

He drew his blaster.

"Stay away from me."

 

[Zori Galea]

Zori didn't flinch.

"You won't shoot me. Not yet. You want answers. You want closure. You want—"
Her fingers traced her own lips.
"—someone to finally understand what it's like to burn and never be consumed."

Zori stepped close. Too close. Her fingers ran down his chest.

"The spiral can save you, Kael. Azis… sees something in you. Something I overlooked."

 

[Kaelon Virex]

"I'm nothing like you," he growled.

 

[Zori Galea]

"That's what makes you perfect," she whispered.

And she kissed him.

Not a seduction.

A command.

 

[Kaelon Virex]

For one flickering moment, Kael felt something pass through his mind — a warmth, a hunger, a spiral of pleasure laced with domination.

He pushed her back, gasping.

But some part of him — buried, shadowed — didn't want to.

"Get. Out. Of. My. Head."

 

[Zori Galea]

Zori touched her lips, amused.

"Too late, cousin."

 

[Sommer Dai]

From beneath the Vale, the moan of Sommer echoed faintly — like the aftershock of a storm. It wasn't pain.


It was devotion.


And Kael would feel the ground itself pulse beneath his feet.

 

[Zori Galea]

"If you want her," Zori said gently, "you'll have to come to the center of the spiral."

And then she turned… and began to walk toward the stairwell.

She did not check if he followed.

She knew he would.