Chapter 4
Chapter 4
The blinding light fades to reveal a transformed underground chamber, a stranger with shifting allegiances, and an unexpected ally. Elias and Leo navigate a precarious negotiation, leading to a desperate escape through a collapsing tunnel and an emotional moment of shared trust.
The white glare collapsed into itself, leaving behind a ringing silence and the smell of scorched stone. Leo blinked, his vision swimming with afterimages. The glass panel had gone dark, the violet glow extinguished. The stranger stood exactly where he had been, hand still on his sword hilt, but his face had changed—not in expression, but in color. A fine dusting of something gray and metallic coated his cheeks and the bridge of his nose.
He sneezed.
"Bless you," Elias said automatically.
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