The Celestial Heist

Chapter 82: “Ripples in Time”

In the vast chambers of the Timekeepers, enormous hourglasses stood erect, their sand flowing endlessly. Here, time didn’t merely pass; it was woven, reshaped, and sometimes even fractured.

Kael, Selene, and Alaric had been guided here by a cryptic message left for them by an anonymous source. The message hinted at a potential ally with knowledge crucial to thwarting Elara's next move.

As the trio walked through the echoing chambers, they noticed that some hourglasses were fractured, with sand spilling out in all directions. From these broken hourglasses, ghostly apparitions emerged, replaying scenes from the past or possible futures.

In one such vision, Kael saw himself, older and war-torn, standing atop a ruined city with Elara beside him, not as an enemy but as an ally. The vision disturbed him.

"Is this the past? The future?" Selene whispered, her hand instinctively reaching for her weapon as an apparition of a monstrous creature, larger than anything they had seen before, roared