Kael stepped into the circle of memory, No smoke, No sword, No power humming beneath his skin. Just a quiet man with the weight of too many timelines stitched into his shoulders.His eyes met Liora’s, unflinching, unreadable, Behind him, the light flickered unnaturally, And from that flickering veil stepped the one she never dared to name. The one she thought was only myth.Not a monster, Not a god, Not even death, But the author who never left, The being that had been there at her first heartbreak, her first vow, her first lie. It didn’t speak, It didn’t need to. Its presence was oppressive.Not loud, but absolute, Liora felt it not in her ears, but in her ribs each breath harder to pull, It wore no face. Its robe was stitched with moments from her life, animated like memories playing on silent film.There was her first howl. Her mother’s death. Her rejection. Her daughter’s birth. Her daughter’s scream, Kael bowed his head but didn’t kneel. “You brought it here?” Liora whispered.Ka
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