The shrine cracked like a heartbeat.
Not mine.
Hers.
And not from love.
From something trying to tear it apart.
[System Alert – External Interference Detected]
[Watcher Tier II Breach Vector: Shrine Glyphs]
[Exposure: 91% → 93%]
I turned.
The Sealed Matron stood glowing at the shrine's heart, lips parted, eyes wide—not with fear, but fury.
"They found us," she said. "The gods are watching. No—coming."
Glyphs along the marble began to flicker.
One burned out.
Another pulsed red.
Then a rift opened.
Not a door. A claw.
Something tore through the shrine wall, dragging system light behind it like blood. The glyphlight shattered. Divine static buzzed in my ears. The air itself rejected reality. Like the shrine wasn't theirs to breach—but they were doing it anyway.
And the thing stepped through.
No face. No form.
Just judgment.
An outline made of law.
[Watcher Tier II – Manifesting via Divine Sync Breach]
[Combat Encounter Triggered – Shrine Stability Compromised]
