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

undeniably true. The very air seems

unseen energy, making my skin

a melodic voice says from behind me. "It's the magic within your

face the speaker. A woman stands before me, her beauty almost ethereal. Silver hair spills over her

colorless. Inhuman. And yet

seem to hold the secrets of the

I ask, my voice sounding small

The woman

names," she says, her voice like a soothing lullaby. "But you may call me

to make sense of

understand."

a being of great power, Ava Grey. The magic that flows through your veins is ancient and potent. This place is a manifestation of that magic, a sanctuary created by your own

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to bring

all. "What drought? The world is thriving."

that would be how humans

my mind reeling. But something deep within me, a part of myself I've always known existed but never

this

only one person she

skin is warm and smooth, and a tingling sensation spreads up my arm at the contact. Selena smiles, her eyes sparkling with otherworldly light. "Come," she says, gently tugging me towards the pond. "Let

of my reflection in the still surface. But instead of my usual self, I see a glowing figure,

still.

like a living fire in

difference between a master

rocks around us. "Embrace the magic that is your

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