Chapter 68 Trial Of The Heart

The air grew colder as Selene followed the robed emissary into the forest beyond the Flame Tree. The woods here were untouched, old—older than even the legends she had read in dusty scrolls. It wasn’t just trees and stone. It was memory woven into bark and moss, time echoing with every footstep. They reached a clearing bathed in moonlight despite the thick canopy above. At the center stood a shallow pool, perfectly still, reflecting not the stars—but visions of other lives.