Chapter 198
Chapter 198: The Door in the Scar
Kaelen must decide whether to give his scar to the traveler, but the price of freedom may be heavier than he imagined.
The grey plain stretched around them, featureless and silent, as though the world had been emptied of everything except the three of them. Kaelen stood with his palm open, the silver scar gleaming against his skin like a thread woven into his flesh. The traveler held the obsidian shard, waiting. The stolen child watched, her translucent form flickering at the edges.
And somewhere, faint and distant, the younger child's song continued—a question that only Kaelen could answer.
"If I give you the scar," Kaelen said slowly, "how do I know you will bring her back?"
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