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Aetherium Rising: The Divine Anomaly

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Too divine to be human. Too flawed to be angelic. Too pure to be demonic. Sometimes the deepest pain isn’t nothing but existing without belonging. Seven was never meant to exist. Born of a forbidden union, he is a walking contradiction in the eternal war between Heaven and Hell—cursed to walk between realms, plagued by visions, hunted by spirits, and pulled into battles that were never his to fight. Thrown into the heart of a hidden war, Seven joins a secret order of gifted warriors and relic-bearers who fight back against the infernal breach leaking into Earth. Beside him stand friends—scarred souls whose hair turned white from what they survived, yet who never turned from him. And Zephyr, a mischievous spirit wearing human skin, who claims to protect him… but harbors secrets of his own. But as spirit becomes matter and flesh, vessel... Seven must ask what’s more dangerous—the demons outside or the ones buried within? Can he trust the Cativan, who shrouds its faith in secrecy? Can he trust Zephyr, who walks the thin edge between redemption and ruin? Can he trust his friends, or worse—should they trust him? Because the darkest enemy may be a soul convinced it is unworthy of love. And when Heaven won't claim him, and Hell can't control him… The final decision—to fall or to rise—will be his alone.
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