The darkness was suffocating, pressing in from all sides. Amelia’s breath came in shallow gasps, her heart thundering in her chest as the weight of the Voice of the Fallen’s words echoed in her mind. *You will pay the price. All of you.*The shadows swirled around her, thick and impenetrable. She reached for Alexander’s hand, finding it, cold and steady. His grip tightened in response, though she could feel the tension in his body, the unease that gripped him just as tightly as it held her. He, too, had heard the warning. “We can’t let fear control us,” she whispered, though the words sounded hollow even to her own ears. They couldn’t turn back, not after everything they had already sacrificed to get this far. The truth they sought was out of reach, but so close, and whatever awaited them on the other side of the veil, they had to face it together.Alexander didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he pulled her closer, his other hand resting lightly on the small of her back. For a moment
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