Chapter 190
The Grey Silence
Kaelen enters the old world's silence with the fading child, searching for the shadow that stole her song. In the grey emptiness he finds only echoes of the past, until a faint thread of light reveals the shadow's true lair—and the price of following it.
The grey light did not end. It stretched in every direction, a vast plain of nothingness where no ground met his feet and no sky hung above. Kaelen floated, the child still pressed against his chest, her breath a shallow whisper against his neck. The warmth that had been her song was gone, replaced by a cold that seeped through his tunic and into his bones.
He tried to orient himself, but there was no up or down, no landmark to follow. The crack behind him had sealed, leaving only the grey. The silence was complete—no wind, no rustle, no echo of his own footsteps. Even his heartbeat felt muffled, as though the silence were swallowing it.
The root shadow stirred inside him, a faint pulse along the scar on his arm. It was not a threat; it was a thread, pulling him forward. He let it guide him, drifting through the grey until a shape emerged ahead.
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