🌑 Chains of EternityThe corridors of the labyrinth had begun to change.At first, the group thought it was exhaustion — the twisting hallways seemed longer, the air thicker, the torches dimmer. But then the walls began to breathe. Subtle at first — a pulse, a faint expansion like stone taking a slow breath through the centuries.Kael stopped walking. “Did you feel that?” he asked, voice low.Brann’s torch sputtered. “The draft, you mean?”“No,” Kael said, eyes narrowing. “It wasn’t air.”Liora shivered. “Don’t start this again. It’s just your nerves.” But even as she spoke, her own breath trembled. The floor beneath her boots gave a tiny, almost imperceptible ripple, like walking across the skin of a drum.They pressed on.The deeper they went, the more the labyrinth seemed to turn in on itself. Arched passages twisted into perfect circles. They passed the same statue three times — a hooded woman holding a mirror, her face half-broken, the same fracture tracing her cheek no matter t
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