Chapter 12 - The Veiled Threshold - Chapter 12: The New Threshold

As Elias battled the Shadow Walker, Sera gathered her remaining strength, focusing her mind, channeling her energy.She realized that she didn't have to sacrifice herself to protect the threshold. She could create a new threshold, a stronger, more resilient barrier that would keep the darkness at bay.Using her spirit-binding abilities, Sera began to weave a new seal, drawing power from the earth, from the spirits, from her own heart.The ritual chamber glowed with an ethereal light as the new seal took shape. The Shadow Walker screamed in agony as his powers were repelled, his body dissolving into nothingness.Elias turned to face Sera, his spectral form fading, his voice filled with love and gratitude. "You have done it, Sera," he said. "You have saved us all."Then, he vanished, his spirit finally at peace.Sera stood in the ritual chamber, exhausted but triumphant. She had faced the darkness, she had embraced her destiny, and she had become the guardian of the Veiled Threshold.The Blackwood Estate was no longer a place of fear and sorrow. It was a place of hope, a beacon of light in a world shrouded in darkness.And Sera, the last of the Blackwood women, was ready to face whatever challenges lay ahead.