Chapter Thirty-Eight — The First Name on the PageKael's body hit the stone floor with a heavy thud.“Kael!”Elara dropped beside him.His eyes were closed, his breathing shallow. A black symbol had appeared over his heart, spreading outward like ink beneath his skin. Every few seconds, the mark pulsed, and with each pulse, Kael's body seemed to grow colder.Elara pressed her palm against his chest.“Wake up.”Nothing.“Kael!”Adrian knelt beside her and checked his pulse.“He's alive.”“For now,” Zayn muttered.Elara looked at him sharply.“What does that mean?”Zayn pointed toward the floating books.“Look.”Every book in the archive had stopped moving.Their pages were frozen.And on every open page was the same sentence.KAEL VAREN WILL DIE BEFORE THE FINAL CHAPTER.Elara's blood turned cold.“No.”She stood.The seventh star inside her chest was still dark.She could feel something missing.Something that had been there moments ago.She closed her eyes and reached inward.Nothing
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