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Chapter 79

Author: Ella Wealth
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The days blurred together after I left the mountain of shadows. My body ached, but not in the way that broken bones or pulled muscles ache. It was deeper, buried in my chest and stitched into the seams of my thoughts. The whispers of Lethra still lingered in my ears, curling like smoke in the back of my skull, reminding me of the fragility of my own courage. Yet, step by step, I pressed forward, and Jasmine pressed with me.

Her pawsteps padded gently against the uneven earth, steadying, guiding and grounding me. I clung to the soft leather of her harness as though it were the only real thing in the world. The air grew colder as we made our way, sharper, with the dry bite of stone dust.

I could feel that this was no ordinary mountain. The climb toward the nineteenth felt heavy, as though the ground itself resisted us, as though something old and watchful stirred beneath its surface. The peaks around me whispered with the wind, but the silence that followed each gust felt unnatural. Jas
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