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Chapter 151: The Gate of Cost

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CAIUS

The path to the third gate felt heavier than any that had come before.

Not because of magic. Not because of mist. But because we knew what waited.

There was no illusion this time. No test of mind or power. The Veil had taken its games and replaced them with something ancient and cruel.

A price.

And the toll was life.

The Veil thinned around us as we walked, as if retreating to make way for something worse. Trees gave way to cracked earth. The fog settled into still sheets across the ground, refusing to rise. The sky above looked bruised, stained with deep purples and reds, as if the realm itself were bleeding.

Those who remained wore it on their faces—haunted, gaunt, silent. No one spoke of the Hollow Mirror. Some wouldn’t even look at each other. Not after the truths they'd seen, or the lies they'd nearly believed.

Lira walked ahead of me, her steps steady, her jaw set.

She hadn’t faltered once since we left the second gate.

I had.

The Hollow had broken something in me. I wasn’
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