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Chapter 5: The Truth About the Mark

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Darkness didn’t feel empty.

It felt… heavy.

Like something was watching.

Waiting.

Lyra’s mind drifted in and out of awareness, caught between silence and distant echoes. Voices moved around her, blurred and unclear, like she was underwater.

“…she’s burning up…”

“…this isn’t normal…”

“…what did they do to her…”

The words came and went.

Fading.

Returning.

Then—

A voice broke through clearly.

“Lyra.”

Low.

Steady.

Familiar.

Her breathing hitched.

Again.

“Lyra, wake up.”

Her eye
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