THE CHOSEN ONE
They sang about the cycle of life, of death, and what lies between.
“This ritual isn’t for the living,” my grandmother whispered beside me. “It’s for those who came before... and those yet to come.”
I looked around. Max was tense, but quiet. Icarus’s jaw was clenched, like he wanted to understand but couldn’t.
And me?
Something inside me… was singing back.
A man slowly rose from a dark, carved wooden chair near the fire. Tall, broad-shouldered, with graying hair tied in a half-knot, a braided beard, and brown eyes that seemed to hold ages.
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