Chapter 182
Chapter 182: The Unwoven Song
In the darkness of the sister's embrace, Elenwe's song becomes a pattern that weaves silence into the garden, but the cost is a thread she cannot reclaim—and the child's golden crown begins to wither.
The shadow swallowed everything—sight, sound, the weight of the floor beneath her feet. Elenwe's song faltered as the silence pressed against her throat, thick and cold, like water that had forgotten how to move. She felt the child's hand slip from hers, and the absence of that small warmth was worse than the darkness.
"Child!" she called, but her voice came out as a thread of sound that vanished before it reached her own ears.
The sister was everywhere and nowhere. The silence had a texture now—a velvet pressure that clung to Elenwe's skin, seeping into her lungs, her veins, her thoughts. The white flower on her palm still glowed, but its light was dim, smothered by the weight of the shadow.
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