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Chapter 23 - [The Oath We Broke]

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For a moment, there's only darkness.

No chains, no Lord of Mystery, no strange halls and ancient powers. Just the endless, cold dark.

And then—

Flash.

*A memory.*

Light.

Jin is twelve—no, eight? —years old, running with the other kids through a field of wildflowers. The sky is endless above them… the wind a song in their ears… the sound of laughter everywhere.

But his laughter fades when someone tackles him, and he lands hard in the grass.

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He gasps, trying to catch his breath—but his attacker is already on top of him, pinning him down.

> *"You've got to be quicker than that,"* a voice mocks above him, smug and all too familiar.

Jin struggles—but his captor only grins, holding him tighter.

> *"Stop. Moving."*

He glares up at his brother.* *"Get off of me."*

> *"You give up already?"* his brother snaps back smugly. *"You're even more useless than I thought."*

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