The marks of Eros and Invi flare across Rosmira’s body. Pink and green light spill through the warded room as the dark stone rises, hovering above her palms.
Eros
You called, little mortal lover. We are delighted to help shape this prison, provided the choice remains honest.
Invi
And deliciously complicated. We will strip Fanrir’s authority from the stone’s reach, leaving Cerebos untouched. But someone must activate it from the space between loves.
Eros and Invi fold their radiance around the stone. Its surface darkens to polished black, then opens with a slow pulse before sealing shut around a silver heart-shaped seam.
Eros
Only one caught between love may awaken it. Not someone without feeling, but someone whose heart stands at a crossroads.
Rosmira
Then that means Nayla.
The transformed stone settles warm in Rosmira’s hands. Across the table, Nayla goes still; Leon’s expression tightens, while Jews studies them both in wary silence.
Nayla Iko
If I activate it, I need to know exactly what it asks of me. No hidden bond, no stolen choice, and no power using my uncertainty against us.
“NAyla it ask you to decide to seal away forever your old mate someone you known most of your life. But if you do Cerebos will test LEon with his life if he is worthy of being the new wolf lord.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conversation, rolled +0)
Rosmira
It will ask you to choose, Nayla. Activating the stone means sealing away your old mate forever, someone who has been part of your life for most of it.
The silver seam glows between Rosmira’s hands. Its light touches Nayla’s face, while Leon remains silent, listening without reaching for her answer.
Rosmira
And Cerebos will judge Leon afterward. If you choose this, the god will test his life and decide whether he is worthy to become the new wolf lord.
Nayla Iko
So the stone does not simply remove Fanrir. It places Leon beneath Cerebos’s judgment, and my choice becomes the door to that trial.
Leon Wolfe
I will face the test if it is truly my choice. But Nayla, you do not owe me your past, your title, or your pain.
Nayla looks from Leon to the stone, her hand hovering above the heart-shaped seam without touching it. The room holds still around her.
Nayla Iko
Then I need the truth, all of it, before I decide. If I activate this, I choose freedom from Fanrir, not ownership of Leon.
✓ Quest Accepted
Trust Nayla to face Fanrir
“For now Trust in your self to do what you must. The seal will trigger when it must but you must be willing to lose Fanrir forever.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Conversation, rolled +1)
Rosmira
For now, trust yourself to do what you must. The seal will trigger when it must, but you must be willing to lose Fanrir forever.
Nayla’s hand remains above the silver seam. The stone gives one quiet pulse, accepting neither command nor fear, while the room waits with her.
Nayla Iko
You are asking me to trust the part of myself that survived him, not the part that still remembers him.
Leon Wolfe
Whatever you choose, Nayla, it has to belong to you. I will face Cerebos without asking you to erase your past for me.
Nayla exhales and lowers her hand onto the heart-shaped seam. Silver light travels across the stone, steady and warm, without binding her or Leon.
Nayla Iko
Then I accept the cost. If Fanrir must be lost forever for our freedom, I will not keep choosing him out of fear.
Jews
That is your choice, clearly spoken. Now the seal knows what it is protecting, and what it must never control.
Quest Complete
Trust Nayla to face Fanrir