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Chapter 65

Author: Ella Wealth
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-18 18:41:54

I was still trembling when I left the fourth mountain.

Even though I had passed Xireth’s trial, my chest still felt heavy. The Spirit of Mirrors had torn me open in a way that no blade could. It had shown me parts of myself that I wanted buried forever - jealousy that burned like a quiet fire and bitterness that gnawed at the edges of my heart. I had faced them, accepted them, and told myself I had forgiven me.

But forgiveness was a strange thing. It didn’t wash the shame away, it just allowed me to keep walking with it.

The cold wind pushed against my face as I stepped carefully along the narrow path. Every footstep was measured, I couldn’t see the cliffs on either side of me, but I could hear their depth in the way the wind sighed low and endless.

After Xireth’s realm faded, my blindness had returned sharper than before. Darkness pressed against my eyes like a cloth soaked in tar. Even the faint light I sometimes imagined when the sun was high was gone.

I thought about what that
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