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The Whispers of the Forest
Author: Abu Ulfah
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The night was utterly silent. Yet, the weariness in Lyra's body couldn't quell the unease churning within her mind. Inside the damp, dimly lit cave, beneath the flickering embers of a dying fire, Maeve sat cross-legged, tracing the pages of an old journal, a relic of her family. Her aged fingers touched each stroke carefully, as if every inscription held whispers from a nearly forgotten past.

"The power within you, Lyra," Maeve murmured, her voice raspy yet deep, "is an ancient inheritance... a promise made between your ancestors and the guardians of nature. Long ago, when light and darkness still danced in harmony, your blood—the blood of the guardians—was part of that balance."

Around her, Seraphina and Thomas's followers listened in silence. The air felt heavy. Scars and loss still lingered behind their closed eyes. But from every spoken word, a sprout of hope began to grow.

"Then..." Lyra's voice was barely audible, "the darkness we've been fighting... it's not the real one?"

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