Chapter 71: All the Names We’ve Worn

We stand in a clearing so choked with mist it could be anywhere—no path, no stars, just the suggestion of trees pressing in from every side. I cross my arms, magic thrumming beneath my skin, and fix Ffion with the kind of glare that could curdle milk.“Are you going to tell me what this is, or are we going to do the cryptic stare-down all night?” My voice sounds braver than I feel. “If you’ve brought me out here to kill me, I hope you brought snacks. It’s going to be a long night.”Ffion lets out a dry laugh. “Always the mouth on you. I should’ve known you’d greet the end of the world with a punchline.”Lightning flashes in the clouds above—no thunder, just light, as if the sky is too tired to make a sound. I take a step forward, squinting through the fog. “What are you, Ffion? Because you’re not just my old friend anymore, are you? You’re… changed.”Her eyes flick, and for a moment something alien moves behind them—a shadow, a ripple.“I’m not the Herald. Not entirely.” She swallows,

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Chapter 72: Fire and Shadow

The woods hold their breath. Ffion’s hand in mine is cold, trembling—real, but only just. I can feel the Herald moving in her, in me, like a splinter beneath the skin. We stand at the heart of the mist, tangled in roots, memory, and dread.“I don’t want to hurt you,” I say, voice shaking, blue fire licking at my fingertips—hungry, eager, afraid. “I never wanted to hurt anyone. Not before. Not again.”Ffion steps back, terror flickering across her half-formed face. “Thalia, wait. Last time you let that fire loose, you burned down the world.”“I know.” My breath hitches. “But the world needs burning, sometimes. Just not you.”A whisper runs through the trees. The Herald’s voice, inside both our heads—cold, unhurried, patient as hunger.“You are both mine. You called me with your grief and kept me with your shame. Let me root deeper, and you’ll never be alone again.”I clench my fists, fire guttering blue and white. “You’re not welcome here.”The Herald pulses in Ffion—her eyes blacken,

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Chapter 71: All the Names We’ve Worn

Chapter 72: Fire and Shadow