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The old woman's gaze lingered on the Soul-Stabilizing Pendant, her face unreadable.

Without hesitation, I dropped to my knees. "Please, malam, if you know anything, tell me. This could mean everything to someone I care about."

Her eyes shifted toward me, calm yet piercing. "The man who came with you before-he's not with you this time?"

Zoey quickly knelt beside me, her hands gesturing in reassurance. "No, he's not here! Don't worry, he's far away. Look, if it'll help, I'll bow too. Just tell my sister what she needs to know."

"Both of you, get up," the old woman said, her tone firm but not unkind.

Zoey and I obeyed, settling cross-legged on the floor as she had.

"After you left last time," the old woman began, "that man returned to see me."

A sharp chill ran through me. Of course Carter would take matters into his own hands. A mere mention of him, and he'd already found her.

"What did he say?" I asked, trying to keep my voice steady.

She ran her fingers over the smooth surface of the ocarina. "He gave me money. Told me to leave this place."

My hands curled into fists. "He's afraid you'll tell me the truth. But since you stayed, he won't let this drop!

Carter's nature was all too clear to me. His kindness was a mask he wore only for me.

If this was important enough to him, he'd stop at nothing to get what he wanted.

"I left," the old woman said, her voice calm, "but I knew you'd come."

Her words struck like a thunderclap. Zoey and I exchanged stunned glances.

"You knew we'd come?" Zoey asked, disbelief plain in her voice. "How could you possibly know that? It doesn't make sense!"

The woman's smile deepened, her eyes softening. The wrinkles at their corners somehow made her look gentler, as though she'd known us for years.

It was strange. Though I'd never seen her before, something about her felt familiar, like the echo of a memory I couldn't place.

"What do you want to ask me?" she said, ignoring Zoey's question entirely.

we spoke, I told you I thought I understood what this was. But now, I'm not so sure. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe someone lied to me. You

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as her fingers traced the surface again and again, as if each

is another piece. The black one represents negative energy, while the

"Chloe, how on earth did you

My focus remained on the old

gaze steady and intent.

share in your blessings. But if

forward. "But how could he have known you were going to

death are

was a step ahead of us in a game we didn't fully understand. I grabbed her hand,

sure you want to change it? If you do, there's a chance you'll die again. He brought you the Stone of Duality to take

who deserve it are those monsters, not her! Ma'am, you must know a way to save her. She doesn't deserve this. Take my life instead. I don't have anyone

let out a deep sigh, her

and I exchanged a glance. I gave her arm a reassuring squeeze. "Don't do anything reckless. If she's still here waiting

probably right. Maybe we really did stumble onto someone who can

with all his determination, could only find a life-for-life solution,

do this unless he

the faintest hope, I had to hold on to

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light breeze rustled the petals, and the bells hanging from the tree chimed, their clear

you believe in past

snapped toward her, disbelief clouding my mind. I had never told her my name. Not once. How could

finally, my voice unsteady. "But now,

face

one of its lower branches. Without hesitation, she placed it in my hands. "Drop

but its presence carried a gravity I couldn't ignore. My hands shook as I held it over the black void of the well. Taking a steadying

the still water below began to shift. Its inky surface

electric. For Zoey, standing beside me, it must have passed in the blink

it-every detail of the

such thing as love without reason. Bonds don't

me a debt so profound that he chose

through my thoughts. "What did you see? I didn't see

the ground. I dropped to my knees, clutching at the old woman's sleeve. "You know who I am. You know

of Duality works over 81 days. How long