Tangled

Chapter 209

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Traveling like this is nothing like appearing in Sister Miriam's home. O

It's just a rush of white and nothing.

A lack of sound.

There's no wind. No air to breathe. And yet I don't suffocate in its absence, almost as if I don't need to breathe at all.

Even so, I'm falling.

I can feel it deep in my soul.

Until I crash into a nebulous something and the world coalesces around me again.

The world blinks into focus, and I find myself somewhere... else. Somewhere decidedly not my room at the lodge.

I spin slowly, taking in my new surroundings. Towering rock cliffs encircle me, their jagged peaks reaching into an impossibly blue sky, uninterrupted by even a wisp of cloud. The air carries a crisp, clean scent, untainted by the usual odors of civilization. It fills my lungs with a refreshing coolness that I've never felt before, Something I may never experience again.

In the center of this hidden vale, a crystalline pond sparkles, its aqua waters more vivid than any I've seen before. The surface is still, like a polished mirror reflecting the heavens above. I'm drawn to it, my feet moving of their own accord until I stand at the water's edge.

As

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Stare into the mesmerizing depths, a thought drifts through mind-that this place is imbued with magic. It's a strange

one that feels undeniably true.

energy,

says from behind me. "It's the magic

Silver hair spills over her shoulders, puddling against the ground. And yet there's no frizz. Not

and colorless. Inhuman. And yet

regards me with eyes that seem to hold the secrets

voice sounding small

The woman

like a soothing lullaby. "But you may call me Selena. And this,"

make sense of

understand."

and potent. This place is a manifestation of

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to bring

make no sense at all. "What drought? The world is thriving."

would

deep within me, a part of myself I've always known

this

she can be in this

arm at the contact. Selena smiles, her eyes sparkling with otherworldly light. "Come," she says, gently tugging me towards the pond. "Let me show you the depths of

in the still surface. But instead of my usual self, I see a glowing figure, radiant with an inner light.

still.

wild, like a living fire in

between a

within yourself, Ava," Selena murmurs, her voice seeming to echo from the very rocks around us. "Embrace the magic that is your birthright. It's been locked away for far

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