ECHOES OF of THE LOST “In the blood of one twin lay the echo of a soul forgotten. In the other, the fury of the flame was reborn.”Elara’s footsteps were soft on slate, though her mind roared louder than thunder. Before her lay the Council Hall—its heavy wooden doors cracked open, shadows flickering inside. Torchlight danced on the faces of leaders and elders: Lerder’s Alpha Council, the Flamebearers, human chieftains, and wary shifters. Tonight’s meeting was no treaty. It was a reckoning.But before entering, Elara paused on the threshold. The twin’s face lingered in her memory—fragmented, desperate, angry. She was the echo of the twin who’d lived before her, and now carried a memory that should have been her own. Elara swallowed, squared her shoulders, and stepped inside.The hall smelled of pollen and smoke, incense burning at intervals. The high councilors sat in a crescent of carved stone chairs, faces blank or skeptical. Many had not witnessed her twin's vision, but they all kne
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