The room was too quiet.
Then—
“BROOOOOOOO—”
Raiden exploded through the door, face pale, hair wild, shaking like he’d just seen God and told Him to go fuck Himself.
Everyone in the Ravenfall dorm turned.
“WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtah2cQlCT4
“I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WHAT ANYMORE!”299Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChdvL4CKHe
“SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS UNIVERSE TO ME BEFORE I EAT A BRICK!!”
Erik: “Bro—breathe—”
“DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE AN ELDER BROTHER?!” Raiden screamed, pointing straight at Erik.
Erik blinked. “…You?”
“LUCE!!! IT’S LUCE!”
Ishaan: “HUHHH?!?”
Veer (half-laughing, half-screaming): “Wait wait wait WHAT—?!”
Lev, arms crossed: “Dude. He’s my brother.”
Raiden pointed at Lev now.
“HE’S YOUR BROTHER TOO, DUMBASS! ACTUAL BLOOD! GENETICALLY VERIFIED! THE DNA DON’T LIE!”
Lev stood. “EXCUSE ME?!?”
Raiden grabbed him by the shoulders. “WE’RE ALL RELATED. LUCE, ERIK, YOU, ME—okay not me, THANK GOD—but you three are straight-up siblings.”
Avni walked in with toast. “Why is everyone yelling like monkeys on fire?”
Raiden: “BECAUSE MY BOYFRIEND AND MY BEST FRIEND ARE SECRETLY BROTHERS AND NO ONE TOLD ME!”
Sayaka ran in behind her. “Wait—what???”
Everyone looked at Luce.
He was sitting in the corner.
Silent.
Frozen.
Still wearing the same black coat, eyes wide open, but blank.
Not a word. Not a breath. He looked… gone.
Saira whispered, “Is he okay?”
Raiden muttered, “No. He hasn’t said a word since Haruto’s house.”
Avni walked over. “Luce?”
Nothing.
Sayaka slowly approached, knelt beside him, cupped his face gently.
“Luce… please look at me.”
Nothing.
Tears welled up in Sayaka’s eyes. “I don’t know what to do with him, guys… he looks like he lost everything.”
Erik sat down on the floor, stunned. “…He’s my brother?”
Lev: “…Mine too.”
Raiden started pacing like a madman again.
“Okay so listen! Here’s what we found, okay?! Deep inside Haruto’s house, they had this cold, locked-down sublevel. Medical records. DNA experiments. Project files. It was all about Project Seraphim.”
Everyone froze.
Raiden’s voice cracked.
“And the first two test subjects were… Natalia Dragunov and Dietrich Falk.”
Veer dropped his tablet. “LUCE’S PARENTS?!”
Erik stood, stunned. “…Dietrich Falk is my father.”
Raiden pointed at him. “And Luce’s. SAME MAN. Different moms.”
Saira gasped. “Then that means…”
Lev whispered, “…We’re family.”
Avni: “What the hell is this telenovela from hell?!”
Sayaka, crying: “I don’t get it… why? Why would COMA do this?”
Luce suddenly whispered.
“Because I was never meant to be born.”
Everyone turned.
They were silent.
He looked up. And his voice cracked.
“I think Project Seraphim… is me.”
The room fell apart.
Erik: “…You’re the original?”
Lev: “We were all part of it… but you were first.”
Sayaka held his hand. “Luce…”
Luce pulled away, eyes dead.
“Do you understand now? My whole life… is a lie. I’m the product of war. Politics. Hatred. And now they want to finish what they started.”
Raiden slammed his fist into the wall. “FUCK COMA.”
Avni broke down. “Yuriko… Sayaka’s mom… she signed the Seraphim project. Did she even know what she was doing?”
Sayaka looked shattered. “She was kind. She must have been tricked.”
Saira hugged her. “We’ll find the truth.”
Lev walked to Luce and hugged him tight.
“You’re my brother. I don’t care how we got here.”
Erik joined. “Same. Blood or not—you’ve always been our brother.”
Raiden: “And you’re not alone anymore. We’re not some science experiment—we’re Ravenfall.”
Luce looked at them all. Eyes still red. But something in him softened.
“Thank you.”
Avni: “We’ll burn COMA to the fucking ground, yeah?”
Veer: “Hack every server they got.”
Dev: “Expose everything.”
Sayaka, eyes locked with Luce’s: “But first… we find out every secret about you, Project Seraphim… and why COMA made you their ghost.”
Everyone nodded.
No one laughed this time.
Ravenfall had reached the heart of the darkness.
And they weren’t turning back.
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and then Add to home screen.