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Ch. 82 - Fate

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Gabe POV

The sky stretched endlessly gray, the sun barely cutting through the heavy clouds as I stood at the edge of the camp, staring at the southern border where the land met the sea. The wall that once separated the salt waters from the sand was in ruins, shattered by the curse my mother had unleashed on this world.

The waves crashed in a rhythmic hum, their sound both comforting and disheartening. As the cold water lapped over my bare feet, I felt a flicker of hope. The sea had always given me a sense of peace, a reminder of the island I'd grown up on, where the vastness of the ocean seemed both beautiful and dangerous. Yet now, as I stood on the shore, the future felt as uncertain as the waters before me. I couldn't afford to dwell on that uncertainty, not when there was so much at stake. But no matter how hard I tried to focus, my mind always drifted to the one thing that never left me, Ruby.

It had always been Ruby. It always would be Ruby. I wished she were here beside me, to
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