CHAPTER 3 – “WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT A DESTROYER.” The Wasted Vale stretched for miles—silent, decaying, endless. I walked for two days without food, my body trembling, my thoughts looping the betrayal like a curse. I was Framed, Casted out and Forgotten. Only Nelly’s words kept me going. “They left you alive.” By the third morning, the rain had stopped. Mist rolled low between crooked trees, and I stumbled through them like a ghost, until I collapsed near a stream, too weak to stand. That’s when I heard footsteps. It was Soft,Careful and Not a predator—at least not yet. Then came a voice. “She’s breathing.” Another voice answered, sharper. “Or she’s bait. Could be a trap.” “Look at her—she’s barely alive.” I forced my eyes open. Two figures stood above me—a girl with honey-brown curls and worried eyes, and a taller boy with a sharp jaw and arms folded tightly across his chest. The girl crouched beside me. “Hey. Can you talk?” My lips cracked as I
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