HAREM: WARLOCK OF THE SOUTH - Chapter 36: WHEN MARIS ARRIVES.

... ght—lines of gold code etching through the clouds as if the very fabric of the world had been torn open.

From that rip stepped Maris.

No longer the dirt-smudged girl of Ryon’s memories.

She hovered above the capital in a cloak of static fire and flowing ribbons of living data, her silver eyes void of recognition.

But her voice carried through the air like a prophecy:

> "I am the null to your flame. The answer to the anomaly. The first thread... and your ...