Chapter 98
Chapter 98: The Thread That Calls
Lira stands alone in the transformed loom chamber, holding the gold thread. A new pattern of pale silver forms a doorway, and the loom's voice reveals the next question was woven from beyond. Lira must step through to answer it, leaving Kaelen behind.
The light faded slowly, like embers cooling after a fire. Lira stood in the center of what had been the room of threads, but it was no longer a shifting, dissolving space. The loom had taken shape around her—a vast framework of dark wood and silver heddles, pulsing with the deep indigo of Kaelen's final weave. The hum was steady now, a low melody that felt almost like breathing.
She looked down at her hand. The gold thread was still there, warm against her palm, a sliver of light that had fallen from the girl's dissolution. It was thin, no longer than her finger, but it pulsed with a rhythm that matched her heartbeat.
"Kaelen?" she whispered.
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