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• The moment hung precariously in the air, tension reverberating like the thrum of an ominous storm. My gaze darted to the gathered elders, their shadows stretching like stringy webs pinning us to past choices. Every heartbeat brought me closer to the precipice, the unyielding truth resonating as I prepared for what came next.
• “Do you really believe you control the nature of your birthright?” one elder sneered, his voice cutting like a knife through my thoughts. “That somehow this new resolve grants you the power to alter fate?”
• “No one can set the course for what remains unwritten,” Liam snapped back, stepping further into the light. “I am more than the mistakes of my lineage—I am what I choose to be.”