Chapter 14
Chapter 14: The Weight of a Promise
The group struggles to stabilize Elias's open wound as the oldest one's voice echoes from within it. Lena refuses to let go, deepening their bond. Dee Jay and Lily face the new reality. The wound begins to expand, forcing them to move.
The parking lot hummed with the buzz of dying streetlights. Elias knelt on the gravel, Lena's arms still wrapped around him, her breath ragged against his neck. His hand throbbed—a raw, open wound where the spiral had been, glowing with a pale, sickly light that pulsed like a heartbeat.
Dee Jay skidded to a stop beside them, her eyes wide. "Elias! Your hand—"
"I know." His voice came out hoarse, scraped raw. The oldest one's laughter still echoed in his skull, fading but not gone. He looked at the wound. It wasn't bleeding. Instead, the light seemed to move, shifting under his skin like something alive.
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