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Riley pov

The exit didn’t feel like escape.

It felt like aftermath.

The light beyond the broken Heart wasn’t bright or holy or triumphant. It was dim, bruised gray—like the sky after a storm has spent itself and the world is left blinking, unsure what still belongs.

The floor beneath our feet softened as we crossed the threshold. Stone gave way to something closer to ash-packed earth, warm and faintly trembling, as if the place itself was still deciding whether it wanted to exist.

I didn’t
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