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CHAPTER 45

Author: GOLDEN TREE
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THE GODS FLAME STOLEN

“To steal a flame is not to own it. But it is enough to burn a world down.”

Elara didn’t remember falling. One moment, she was floating—trapped between heaven and ash, soul torn in two. And the next, she was cold, so cold. Arms wrapped around her.

Lerder’s voice, cracked with panic: “Elara. Elara, stay with me.”

She opened her eyes, the world had changed.

The flame Is gone. They sat in the ruins of the sanctuary garden. The once-lush greenery was blackened, roots split open like veins, flowers shredded by magical whiplash. The marble platform—where Elara had spoken peace into existence—was cracked in half.

And above them?

No sun. No stars.

Only the blood moon. Still hanging. Still pulsing.

“I felt it leave,” Elara whispered.

Lyra kneeled beside her. “The flame?”

Elara nodded. “She didn’t destroy it. She took it. But not the one we burned for prophecy. She took the part of me that believed in peace.”

Kael, standing near the ward stones, turned sharply. “Then we go
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