Light swallowed the forest.Warm and gold at first…then blinding white, like the center of a star.Lena felt weightless.As if her body had drifted upward, suspended between earth and sky.She couldn’t feel her legs.She couldn’t feel her heartbeat.Only the warmth.Then—A whisper.A voice she knew deeper than memory.“My sweet girl… don’t be afraid.”Lena’s breath stuttered. “Mom?”The light rippled, revealing a faint silhouette — blurred, shifting — but clearly, unmistakably her mother.Tears streamed down Lena’s face. “Mom… please… I don’t understand what’s happening—”Her mother’s voice was soft, steady, full of the warmth Lena had craved for years.“You’ve opened the Circle.”Lena’s heart thudded. “I didn’t mean to—”“You spoke the promise. It heard you.”The light dimmed slightly, revealing Elias and Alexander suspended beside her — not touching, not moving, staring around with shock frozen in their expressions.Below them, Marcus reached upward, screaming silently, trapped be
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