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Chapter Ninety-Eight: Echoes in the Light
Author: Ricky_writes
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The valley stretched before them, no longer the quiet plain it had been when they first arrived. The world was growing, filling itself in with colour and sound. Wind rippled through the silver grass. The streams that once glowed faintly now shimmered with faint hints of gold and blue. Life was taking form.

Selene walked slowly through it, her eyes tracing the horizon. Everything around her felt fragile—too new to trust, too alive to control. Every sound, every movement was a reminder that the world she had built was no longer hers alone.

Kaelen walked beside her. He was silent, but the weight of his thoughts was clear in his eyes. The light caught on the edge of his jaw, softening him in a way that made him look almost human again.

Lyra followed a few steps behind, quiet but aware. Her gaze moved constantly studying the new formations of earth, the way the streams bent around unseen energy.

Kian led ahead, guiding the newly awakened soul. The being moved as if learning how to breathe.
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