"Tour virtues must be tested: Cage Trust. Sacrifice Wisdom, Enco

of you must face what lies within

Before we could react, a sudden gust of wind mshed past us, carrying a shimmering silver mixt. It entled around each of in,

The air thickened with energy. My vision blurred, the Sarred separating us from one another. The world tilted beneath my feet

Hall fading from sight.

Then darkness. darkness.

When the haze cleared, I found myself standing in a cold clearing, alene. The silence was deafening, pressing against my ears heavy weight. A silver mist caled at my feet, shifting and twisting life something alive. Then, three figures materialized before me -Isaiah, Elijah, and Austin.

Relief surged through me, but it was fleeting. Something wasn't right. They weren't moving. They stood motionless, their faces blank, their eyes empty. They looked like themselves but felt... wrong

A deep, resonant voice echoed through the clearing.

"To prove your devotion, one must be left behind."

My heart stopped.

"No," I breathed, my throat tightening.

The voice remained unmoved.

"Choose."

at my chest. Choose? How could I? Isaiah, Elijah, Austl-they had been by my side, fought

The idea of

turned in a slow circle, searching for an escape. "There has to be another

my voice firm

thickened, swirling aminously. The

all will

The band we shared pulsed faintis a whisper of warmth in the

I clenched my

tists.

going to

trembled, but I forced conviction

My

mist surged forward, wrapping around me like icy fingers. The pressure was suffocating, but i stood

I said, my voice resolute. "If sacrifice is

into itself, retreating as if my words had struck

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howl pierced the

the voice returned-softer

light, and heldur I could blink, I was

The Path Forward

already there, watching me

forward, gripping my

though my legs felt weak. "Yeah... I think I

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