Rael’s Pov I couldn’t stop thinking about the meditation and what I’d felt in the darkness, the presence that brushed my mind briefly before vanishing.It wasn’t Lyric, I knew that immediately. Lyric was warm, comforting, like a friend always there. This thing was the opposite.It was cold, distant and powerful in an almost dangerous way. Something that could destroy me as easily as protect me.But it was there, something in the emptiness where Lyric used to be. I needed to find it again, to understand what it was and how to reach it.The next night, I met Eryx at sunset and we walked back to the clearing. My body ached from training all day but my mind was alert, focused and ready to go back into that darkness to find what hid there.“Same as last night,” Eryx said as we sat down. “No expectations, no demands just observe. Let whatever is there reveal itself in its own time.”“I understand.”“Good. Close your eyes. Focus on your breathing, let everything else fall away.”I closed my
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