PART I: BEFORE THE STARLIGHT WALTZSKYANTE'S LAIRThe first thing Edina felt was the cold.Not the kind that prickled your skin or hinted at winter. No—this cold crept inside her, deep into her bones, like something was wrong with the air itself. It didn’t just touch her. It settled in her, like it belonged there.Her eyes blinked open, lids heavy with sleep that felt too long, too thick, like she’d been buried alive in it. Light flickered above her, dim and uneven, casting strange shadows on jagged stone walls. The stones were etched with runes—glowing faintly, pulsing like they were breathing.Where am I?She tried to sit up, but her body wouldn't move. There were no chains, no ropes. Just... pressure. Like the air itself was holding her down, pressing into her chest, her limbs, her skull. Her heart raced, her breath coming in short gasps that tasted metallic. Wrong.Something was watching her.She didn’t see them at first, but she f
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