The northern coast unfolded before them like another world—raw, unbroken, and fierce. No walls. No councils. No clans. Only the endless sweep of grey-blue waves crashing against jagged black stone, sending mist into the sharp, cold wind.Elise stepped ahead first, her cloak snapping behind her as she approached the cliff’s edge. The salt-filled air clung to her cheeks, biting but strangely invigorating, as though the sea itself recognized something in her—something fractured, something seeking.Kai stopped a few paces behind her, exhaustion buried beneath caution. The long journey had carved shadows under his eyes, tightened his shoulders, and stripped his voice of its once easy steadiness. Still, he kept watch, gaze always moving, scanning the rocky path they had taken, the forest behind them, the curve of the cliffs. He trusted nothing—not the wind, not the silence, not even the horizon.Especially not the horizon.Elise exhaled slowly, her breath trembling. “The sea feels like free
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