POV: SharedThe first step out of Bloodstone felt different.Not because the world had changed, but because they had.The gates of the fortress opened slowly, groaning under repaired pressure and lingering distortion. Beyond them stretched the fractured path toward the Mirror Gate’s influence zone. The land ahead was still unstable, terrain shifting in faint pulses, air flickering with residual red and silver traces, but it no longer felt like an impossible barrier.It felt like a path.Delph stepped forward first.Not as a signal of dominance.But as confirmation that movement had begun.Behind him, Corin followed immediately, eyes scanning the horizon with steady focus. Afnan walked slightly to Delph’s side, not behind him, not ahead, aligned. The twins moved together just behind her, their presence quiet but unmistakably stabilizing the atmosphere around the group.And behind them, the pack moved as one.No scattered formations.No hesitation at the threshold.Just unity.The mar
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