Marked in the Middle
“The bridge between life and death. I was reborn through it… but rebirth has a price. There’s another presence in me now, something ancient. Something that remembers before gods.”
Lira’s face paled. “Then we need to serve it, whatever that thing is, it’s using you.”
Evelyn laughed softly, bitterly. “You think I haven’t tried?”
She turned to the window. Outside, the morning light dimmed suddenly, clouds swirling into a spiral. “It’s already spreading, the mark wasn’t just mine, it’s a doorway. And it’s open now.”
Kael’s stomach twisted. “Then close it.”
“I can’t,” she whispered. “Not alone.”
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