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Chapter 51 - The Glimpse Beyond

That night, I dreamed.

But it wasn't Elias's memories or the boy's loneliness. It was something else—something larger.

I saw seven doors, each shrouded in shadows. Behind them, lives flickered like candles in a storm. A soldier. A child. A slave in chains. A woman in despair. Faces blurred, stories untold, but each carried the same weight of hopelessness.

Seven chances.

Seven trials.

Seven souls balanced on the edge of despair.

And behind them, I saw myself—fractured, splintered, my soul breaking apart piece by piece.

The voice whispered through the dream, soft as silk, sharp as a knife:

"Fail even one… and you will beg for the pit."

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