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CHAPTER 96

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The silence in the Vaelen cavern was heavier than any mountain. Elder Niam’s words hung in the air, not as a possibility, but as a final, terrible destination. A life, willingly given. The faces around me—Anya’s grim resolve, Lyra’s silent grief, the hunters’ horrified respect—were a mirror of the sacrifice being asked.

“No,” Anya said, her voice sharp, cutting through the oppressive quiet. She stepped forward, placing herself between me and the Elder. “There is another way. We attack the tower. We die fighting. It is a cleaner death.”

“It is a useless one,” I said, my voice surprisingly calm. The chaos of the last hour had burned away, leaving behind a crystalline clarity. “Your arrows cannot touch them. My knife is a joke. Dying on that mountain won’t save my daughter. It will just leave her utterly alone.” I looked at Niam. “This… this will work? It will stop the ritual?”

“It will disrupt the source of its power,” he corrected, his ancient eyes holding no false comfort. “It will be
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