Chapter 41
The Price of the Map
Kaelen and Lira weigh the cost of becoming the map when the Map Reader reveals the sacrifice, and a new thread from the loom offers a different path.
The morning light fell through the leaves in shifting patterns, dappling the woman's face as she waited. Kaelen felt the thread pulse in his hand, a rhythm that matched his heartbeat, as if it were learning to beat with him.
"You want us to give up our own futures," Lira said. Her voice was steady, but Kaelen heard the edge beneath it. "To become a map for everyone else."
The woman nodded. "The loom will show every possible path. But to see them, you must no longer walk one of your own. You will become the intersection of all choices, the place where every road meets. You will see everything, but nothing will be yours alone."
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