🔥 CHAPTER THREE — ASHES OF AWAKENING | EVENSTAR

In the shadows of Lastion’s brutal transit system, Enforcer Breanne Hollows is unraveling. Assigned to investigate a string of brutal Sapp dealer murders, she hides a secret—she’s addicted to the very drug she was sworn to police. But when withdrawal hits mid-commute, something ancient inside her awakens. Fire. Rage. Power.

As passengers flee and panic spreads, Breanne’s carefully constructed identity burns away. A mysterious figure—Rastor—intervenes with a serum, then disappears into the crowd. This chapter marks the first elemental awakening of a new generation and reveals the price of suppressing one’s true nature. The resistance is stirring. But so is the Ache.