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CHAPTER 112: Shadows of the Beginning

Author: C. JAMES
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-22 17:24:22

Kyara's POV

The wind whipped through my hair as I moved through the forest, the figure's words echoing every step I took. The first sign. Salvation and destruction. The truth churned within me like a storm attempting to break free, but I wasn't sure if I was ready to confront it.

Darius and Victor stopped calling for me once I had left the crumbling ruins behind. I had slipped into the woods, moving faster than they could track. It was anger, not fear, that drove me—anger at the lies, the manipulations, and the sense of being nothing more than a pawn in a game I had not agreed to play.

Return to the beginning.

The words gnawed at me as my feet led me deeper into the woods, toward a spot I hadn't dared to return since the night my life was ripped apart. The night I lost Eric.

The clearing appeared to be a small, secluded plot of land ringed by huge oak trees that appeared to lean in, guarding the mysteries hidden within. The moonlight filtered through the gaps in the branches, illumina
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