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Chapter 24 - Final preparations

— ZORYN —

I'm standing barefoot on warm stone, the ground etched with ancient lines that glow faintly beneath my feet. The air smells like smoke, sun-warmed metal, and desert roses.

I know this place.

I don't remember ever being here, but my body does.

Above me, the sky isn't a sky at all—it's a vast, living tapestry. Constellations shift like slow-moving waves in the ocean, rearranging themselves into shape after shape like they can't decide what they want to be.

At the center of the stone beneath me, a massive sigil burns into view.

A dragon's mark.

The lines spread outward, branching and intertwining with other symbols. The shapes are all different, emanating entirely separate energies… familiar energies.

I step back instinctively, heart hammering. I'm not sure I understand what this means, but there's something about it that's weighing on my chest.

"I don't…" I mutter.

The stone answers me.

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