A new signal hijacked emergency channels.
KRAAL filled the screen—skin like volcanic ash, eyes burning gold. Behind him, the shattered dome of the U.N. embassy smoldered.
"Governments call us monsters. They cage what they fear!"
His followers roared—faces half-fused with crystalline growth.
"We are RIFTBORN! Evolution incarnate! And tonight… we declare war!"
Confidence tensed. "Are we with them?"
Anthony watched Kraal's fist crush a Sigma insignia.
"He's not freedom. He's a wildfire."
His hands trembled—not with fear, but recognition.
"And I know how fires end."
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