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CHAPTER 90

Author: Zeee Jibrin
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-03 18:50:58

The ground trembled beneath their feet as the massive stone door slowly creaked open. The air was thick with an unsettling stillness, broken only by the distant echoes of the earth groaning under the pressure. Elena could feel it—an oppressive weight pressing against her chest, her breath coming in shallow bursts. The door, ancient and covered in centuries of grime, seemed to resist the pull of time, but it was giving way. Slowly, inexorably, it parted.

“We’re getting closer,” Lucas whispered, his voice barely audible over the sound of the earth shifting. He exchanged a glance with Marcus, both of them tense, on alert. Seraphina stepped forward cautiously, her eyes narrowing as she studied the opening door.

"Something’s not right," she murmured. "This... it doesn’t feel like a welcome."

Elena shivered, a cold sweat forming on her brow as the door finally opened wide enough for them to pass through. The air shifted, growing heavier. A faint hum, deep and resonant, reverberated through
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