The room smelled like sea water, blood and burnt wood. Everything was quiet — and at the same time the whole house seemed to breathe. The walls crawled. The ground vibrated. The black water crawled further through the ridges, gathered around our feet, as if we were slowly closing. Noah Carter lay in my arms, pale, gorging, but alive. His fingers still wrapped my wrist. Weak. But he didn't let go. Before us, Emil knelt with silver eyes, tears on the face, and held something Invisible. Something visible only in the air when the light flashed: A dark form. Human. But wrong. Like a hole that had taken the form of a human being. She had no face. And yet I felt she looked at me. You always fought the messenger. The words echoed in my head. Not Elias. Not Emil. Not Mira. Something bigger. Something that created the loops. My heart was running. “The last name...?” Emil looked at me. His voice was calm, even though his little body trembled. “Your real name. The on
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