Necromancer Dreams of Mechs Chapter 68: Chapter 74

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Chapter 68: The Fallout of Truth When I opened my eyes, the high, vaulted ceiling of the Grand Hall swam into focus. I was back. Ciara and Seraphine were already hovering over me, their faces blurred by my lingering vertigo. I glanced toward Nathan; he stood a few feet away, wearing a look of stunned disbelief that mirrored my own. My mind was a chaotic static of revelations—my parents, the Architect, and the fate of the man who had ruined everything. I tried to reach out, needing something to ground me. Ciara was the closest. As her hand moved toward mine, I flinched instinctively, a remnant of the "cold" I’d felt in the void. She ignored the twitch, her eyes wide with a mix of heartbreak and desperate concern. On my other side, Seraphine moved with her usual liquid grace, though her poise was fractured by a rare look of alarm. She wore the deep green gown I’d crafted for her, the wide brim of her hat casting a shadow over her sharp, concerned features. "Allen?" Ciara whispered. She felt the subtle shift in me—the way my eyes looked through her, tired and heavy with the weight of a decade's worth of lies. She seized my hand firmly this time. "My Lord, I entreat you, remain still," Seraphine said, her Victorian lilt thick with urgency as she slid a steadying hand under my elbow. "You are quite pale, and your spirit seems... diminished." My eyes fluttered. The world tilted, and the strength simply drained out of my legs. I fell forward, nearly taking Ciara down with me, but Seraphine and Nathan moved as one to catch my weight. “What has happened?!” Ciara demanded, her voice rising in a panic. “Oh, nothing much,” Nathan groaned. He moved in to trade places with her, hoisting my arm over his shoulder to get me onto his back. The second Seraphine let go to allow him better purchase, Nathan’s knees buckled. “Gah! What has he been eating?! I’m an inch taller than this bum! Why does he feel like a boulder?!” Seraphine shot a sharp glance at Silas. The undead man, ever vigilant, and done with his wife, gave a stiff, solemn nod. He signaled to a few of the Fleshed Squires, who moved with silent, uncanny efficiency to lift me off the struggling Nathan. As they carried me toward the residential wing as if I weighed no more than a bundle of dry wood, I lost consciousness. “Now, Master Williams,” Seraphine said, her voice dropping into a dangerous, courtly chill as Nathan tried to catch his breath. "I shall ask but once more: what manner of catastrophe befell my Lord?" Ciara didn't wait for an answer. She grabbed Nathan by his tunic, shaking him. “What did you do to him?!” “Jeez! Why do you think I made him pass out?” Nathan grumbled, prying her fingers off his clothes. He tried to straighten his tunic, but flinched when Seraphine appeared before him like a vengeful ghost. “Fine! Fine! It was my dad! And yours, too! And his parents! It was... it was everything! I still can’t get over it... My dad is a god now? Can he see me all the time? What about when I’m in the bathroom?” “I swear I will beat you black and blue, Nathan! Get it together!” Ciara snapped. A faint, red glow began to shimmer across her skin like the embers of a low-burning fire—a physical manifestation of her rising temper. “Ask him when he wakes up! That’s Allen’s business,” Nathan blurted out, throwing his hands up in defense. “But I can tell you this: your dad is in the game now. And oh boy... he’s the reason Allen’s parents are dead! Why do you think I’m rambling? This is insane!” “Wait! What?!” The group spun around to see Lee storming over from his post by the wall. The Chinese heir’s usual detached smirk was gone. “How is Alexander in the game? This was not part of the arrangement. What of the Golden Token?” No one answered. All eyes turned to Ciara. The red glow had vanished, replaced by a deathly, hollow pallor. Her face shifted through a violent range of emotions—denial, horror, and a burgeoning, sharp-edged fury. “Perhaps... Sera and you should go check on him? Ye