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The Choice

Author: Tyson Roy
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-01 16:01:31

The Temple of Moons was silent now, but the air still trembled with the echoes of Elara’s defiance.

The Well of Sacrifice had sealed shut, its ancient hunger unmet. Yet the forces that governed Eldoria’s oldest trials, forces older than empires, older even than gods, had not been denied.

They had simply adjusted the terms.

Because destiny, when thwarted, does not retreat.

It reshapes itself.

And Elara was about to learn that her greatest choice was not between Kael and Lucien.

It was between them… and herself.

They stood together in the ruined courtyard, the cracked stones still smoldering from where Elara’s magic had shattered the laws of sacrifice. Moonlight bathed the scene in an ethereal glow.

Lucien, bloodied, lips curled into a crooked smirk, masking the ache beneath.

Kael, bruised, leaning on one knee, his gaze sharp and unreadable.

Saphira, quiet, alert, her fingers twitching near the hilt of her dagger.

And at the center, Elara.

Still.

Burning.

Breathing with purpose.

Then th
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