Chapter 22
The Root Below
Kaelen and Lira descend into the buried chamber beneath the tower, where they find the Weaver waiting beside the first loom's root, and she reveals that the golden thread's echo must be woven into the new tapestry or the foundation will crumble.
The voice floated up from the darkness, dry as old parchment, familiar as a scar. Lira's hand tightened on Kaelen's, the word 'Remember' flaring warm in her chest.
"That cannot be," she whispered. "The Weaver is above. She was in the tower room."
Kaelen stared into the passage where the crack had opened. The silver-gold thread pulsed along the old loom's frame, casting shifting shadows across the broken stone. "The Weaver is many things. Perhaps she is also here."
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