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CHAPTER 19: THE WAR WITHIN

Author: SARAHJOY
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-26 10:45:27

The air around the Sanctuary had grown tense in the days following Lyra’s sacrifice. The once peaceful place now vibrated with a strange, unsettling energy. The Heart Stone pulsed in the center of the clearing, its light dimming and flickering, as if it too was struggling with the weight of the decision that had been made. Lyra’s essence was now intertwined with the stone, the embodiment of both love and loss, holding the Sanctuary together—yet at the same time, the consequences of immortality continued to gnaw at the fabric of reality itself.

Lyra walked through the woods of the Sanctuary, her steps slow, as if she were moving through a fog. Her connection to the Heart Stone felt different now—more intimate, more consuming. It was as if every thought, every emotion, reverberated through her, binding her to the very core of the place. But alongside that connection, there was something else—an unfamiliar shadow, a darkness that lurked in the corners of her mind, threatening to overtake
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