Chapter 27: Breaking the Loop

I paced the length of the war room, my thoughts racing. The revelation from Alaric’s letter had set me on edge, but it wasn’t just the threat of war that gnawed at me. It was something deeper—something wrong with the very fabric of time.

The days had begun to blur together, a strange sense of déjà vu creeping into my mind as if I had lived through these events before.

“Rowan, are you sure about this?” I asked, turning to face him. He was standing by the map table, his brow furrowed as he studied the ancient symbols that now marked our territory.

“I’m sure,” Rowan replied, though his voice was laced with uncertainty. “The signs are all there, Sera. The symbols, the repeating patterns…

This isn’t just some clever strategy by Alaric. It’s something much older, much darker.”

“But a time loop?” Bella interjected from where she sat on the edge of the table. “That’s… impossible, isn’t it?”

Gideon, who had been silent up until now, shook his head. “Not impossible. Just rare. And extr