Rowan nearly jumped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His heart pounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“What?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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After all this time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The boy looked around desperately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody else seemed to hear the voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The villagers only saw him staring at the animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old monk’s name was Brother Alden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He had spent fifty years studying forgotten texts hidden inside mountain monasteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For decades people dismissed him as an eccentric old scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now nobody was laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because Brother Alden was crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actual tears rolled down his face as he stared at Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The village chief approached cautiously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What does it mean?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old monk swallowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His answer sent chills through the square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It means the prophecy was real.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The crowd immediately erupted into whispers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What prophecy?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Tell us!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brother Alden pointed toward Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Long before kingdoms existed, before castles, before kings, there were Guardians.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n His voice echoed across the square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They protected the balance between mankind and the ancient creatures of the world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Divine Tigers remained perfectly still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The greatest of those Guardians disappeared over a thousand years ago.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The monk looked directly at Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “And according to the prophecy, one day he would return.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hunters didn’t like what they were hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Especially Garrick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The leader of the hunting party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same man who had set the steel trap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same man who planned to sell the white tiger’s fur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His face darkened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This is nonsense.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Garrick pointed toward Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “He’s an orphan.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still nobody spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “He cleans stables.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “He sleeps in a shed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hunter’s voice grew louder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “He’s nobody.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The rescued tiger slowly turned its head toward Garrick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hunter instantly fell silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The young tiger’s blue eyes had become gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not hostile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just ancient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ancient enough to make a grown man forget how to breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That night the Divine Tigers remained outside the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of glowing eyes watched from the surrounding hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody slept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody dared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parents kept children indoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soldiers from nearby towns arrived by sunset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even they refused to approach the beasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet the tigers never moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Never hunted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Never threatened anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They simply waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Rowan sat alone inside the monastery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The young tiger rested beside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brother Alden studied old scrolls spread across a wooden table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally the monk looked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “There is something you need to know.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rowan swallowed nervously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old man hesitated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “As strange as this sounds…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He glanced toward the tiger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “…I don’t think they came here because you saved one of them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The room grew quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What do you mean?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brother Alden opened an ancient manuscript.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its pages were nearly falling apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the final page was a drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Surrounded by white tigers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exactly like Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The boy’s heart skipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This book is over nine hundred years old.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The monk’s voice was barely above a whisper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It was written centuries before you were born.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rowan stared at the image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child looked familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Too familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost like looking into a mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That night Rowan dreamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At least, he thought it was a dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stood in a vast forest beneath silver stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trees stretched higher than mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ancient tigers larger than houses walked between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And standing among them was a boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A boy wearing simple clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A boy with the same face as Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The stranger smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then pointed toward the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Above them floated seven glowing stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exact same seven stars carved into Rowan’s mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The boy spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “You are late.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rowan frowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Who are you?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The stranger’s smile widened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “You.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then the dream ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The next morning brought disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A royal army arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five hundred soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three generals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dozens of mounted knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At their head rode Prince Cedric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The king’s only son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prince had heard the rumors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Divine Tigers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prophecy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And most importantly\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n the possibility that someone else might become more important than him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cedric disliked that idea immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The moment he entered the village, he demanded Rowan be brought before him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The villagers obeyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody wanted trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prince examined the boy carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This is the chosen one?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n His soldiers laughed too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Divine Tigers watching from the hills did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cedric dismounted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walked directly toward Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And grabbed his wrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The glowing mark immediately became visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prince’s smile vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because the mark was real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greed entered his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dangerous greed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Interesting.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brother Alden stepped forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Your Highness\u2014”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Silence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cedric never looked away from Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then he made a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One that would nearly destroy the kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Take him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The soldiers moved instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chains appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The villagers gasped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Divine Tigers rose from their resting places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ground seemed to tremble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brother Alden shouted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “You don’t understand what you’re doing!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cedric smiled coldly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I understand perfectly.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He pointed at Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “If prophecy chooses him…”<\/p>\n\n\n\n His smile widened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “…then I’ll simply make him belong to me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The journey to the capital lasted three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The entire time, Divine Tigers followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not attacking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not retreating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of glowing eyes moving through the forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keeping pace with the army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The soldiers grew increasingly nervous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the second night, several deserted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the third, even the generals seemed frightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet Prince Cedric ignored every warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His ambition blinded him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When they finally reached the capital, something strange happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tigers stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every single one remained outside the city walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As though forbidden from entering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brother Alden noticed immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And for the first time, he looked worried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Very worried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because ancient guardians avoided only one thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ancient evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deep beneath the royal palace lay a secret hidden for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A secret the kings of the realm protected at any cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And inside that prison slept something terrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something older than the kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something that should never awaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That night Rowan heard the voice again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not the tiger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something buried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something beneath the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guardian…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The voice echoed through his dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Help me…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rowan woke suddenly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sweat covered his forehead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mark on his wrist glowed brighter than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The voice continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Find me.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unable to ignore it, Rowan slipped from his room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The palace corridors were empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moonlight spilled through stained glass windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The glowing mark seemed to guide him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Down staircases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through forgotten passages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Into ancient tunnels beneath the castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eventually he reached a massive stone door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Covered in tiger carvings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Covered in the same seven stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The door had not been opened for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet the moment Rowan approached\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n it swung open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inside stood a crystal chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At its center rested a single figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A young girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps thirteen years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Frozen inside crystal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perfectly preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As though time itself had stopped around her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rowan stared in disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl’s eyes suddenly opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bright silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ancient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She looked directly at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I knew you would come.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The boy stumbled backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Who are you?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl touched the crystal wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I’ve been waiting one thousand years.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before Rowan could respond, alarms erupted throughout the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The crystal chamber shook violently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dust fell from the ceiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl looked upward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fear appeared on her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Real fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It’s happening.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “What is?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her answer chilled his blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The prison is breaking.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The truth finally emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Divine Tigers had never come merely to honor Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They had come to protect him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because Rowan was the last Guardian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the sleeping girl was the first Guardian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The one who had sealed an ancient darkness beneath the kingdom a thousand years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She had sacrificed herself to maintain the prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the seal was failing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And only her successor could restore it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At that exact moment, Prince Cedric made a terrible mistake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Obsessed with gaining the Guardian’s power, he entered the deepest vault beneath the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There he discovered the ancient prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And accidentally shattered part of the seal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something woke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A roar echoed through the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The capital trembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sky darkened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And every Divine Tiger outside the city immediately began running toward the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final battle shook the kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ancient darkness emerged from beneath the palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A creature formed from living shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A monster forgotten by history itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soldiers fled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Generals fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prince realized too late what he had unleashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hope seemed lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until every Divine Tiger charged at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hundreds of sacred guardians flooding into the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n White fur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Golden eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silver light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A living army of legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And at their center stood Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then came the final truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The one nobody could have imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sleeping girl approached Rowan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Placed her hand upon his glowing mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And suddenly memories flooded his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not visions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because Rowan wasn’t simply the next Guardian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was the first Guardian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reborn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Again and again across centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same soul returning whenever darkness threatened the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Divine Tigers had recognized him instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not because he rescued one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because they had known him for a thousand years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They had been searching for their old friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Together, Rowan, the first Guardian, and the Divine Tigers sealed the darkness forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ancient prison was restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The kingdom survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prince Cedric publicly admitted his mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Brother Alden’s prophecy became history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Years later, children still told stories about the orphan who saved a wounded white tiger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the elders always corrected 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