Chapter 116

Kaelen

Maren is still standing at the edge of the cliff, the wind pulling at her hair as though the lake itself is calling her back. Her grandmother’s hand rests lightly on her shoulder, grounding her.

But all I can hear is the echo of those words:

“It has begun.”

The air hums with something I can’t name.

Something bigger than wolves and dragons and sirens.

Bigger than Maren.

Bigger than me.

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