Chapter 161
Chapter 161: The Keeper's Truth
The Keeper of the Ruins reveals that the hollow's check was the unnamed shape itself, and by giving it a home, Elenwe has removed the one thing that kept the hollow contained. The hollow begins to unravel within her, and the Keeper demands a price to restore the balance.
The old woman’s rust-colored eyes fixed on Elenwe, and the threads on her hands writhed like living roots. The air around the last loom grew thick, heavy with the scent of dust and old stone.
“You do not understand what you have done,” the Keeper said. Her voice was dry as parchment, each word cracking with age. “The shape was not a threat. It was a lock. A lock upon the hollow’s cage.”
Elenwe’s hand went to her chest. The hollow within her stirred, coiling like a serpent waking from a long sleep. Its fear had deepened into something sharper, more urgent.
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