Chapter 10
Chapter 10: The Weight of a Key
Elias faces the oldest one's demand. With the tear blocked and the fragment burning into his arm, he makes a desperate choice—not to open the wall, but to seal it from the inside. The room begins to collapse as the oldest one fights back. The group races for the closing tear, and Elias is caught between worlds, with Lena refusing to let go.
The oldest one stood between them and the tear, its form rippling like heat over stone. Elias’s hand throbbed. The veins had reached his collarbone, dark threads pulsing under his skin.
“Keys do not walk away,” the figure repeated. Its voice didn’t echo—it settled into the bones of everyone in the room.
Lena stepped sideways, trying to find an angle. “There has to be another way around.”
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