Recap of Chapter 66
The storm's whispers had grown teeth. Kael, Elena, Aaron, and Milo discovered the storm wasn't only repeating voices from their past—it was sharpening those voices, twisting them into weapons. Milo, still consumed by the shadow, served as the storm's mocking mouthpiece, taunting them with their own secrets. The more they resisted, the stronger the storm's hold became. And when the thunder finally broke, the storm revealed its cruelest game: not whispers, but mirrors.
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The flash of lightning that froze the world in stark brilliance did not fade as lightning should. Instead, it stretched, clinging to the rain, bending across the clearing like threads of glass.
Kael blinked, vision swimming. The rain wasn't falling anymore—it was hanging midair, each drop a suspended jewel. He reached for one, and it burned against his fingertips before vanishing, leaving his skin numb.
Then came the sound.
A footstep.
He turned—and saw himself.
