"The Unheard Heart"

The tower loomed, embracing the sky thick with black clouds,

like a slumbering beast beneath a night without end.

Within its depths, a heart beat with heavy silence—

heard only by those daring enough to draw near,

yet its rhythms reached only those brave enough to listen.

Kaida stood before the massive gate of the tower,

her ancient book clutched in her hands,

pulsing with a strange heat, as if it responded to her own heartbeat,

to her very presence here.

The rain paused momentarily, then returned to wash their faces,

as if nature itself watched this historic moment—

this confrontation that might alter the city's fate.

Vailen, beside her, appeared more solemn than ever.

His ashen eyes carried the weight of heavy memories,

like a man steeped in pain and regret, unwilling to lose anything more.

Their silence stretched,

but the heart inside seemed eager to break free, to scream, to be heard.

Together they pushed the door slowly,

which creaked deeply—a call opening a gateway to another world.

Inside the tower, darkness swallowed all—

no light, no shadow, only the gloom of heavy clouds.

They moved cautiously, each step like walking a bridge between life and death.

The walls whispered forgotten names, tales of those no longer present.

"Do you feel it?" Vailen asked,

the echo repeating the question as if teaching them lessons from the past.

"The power that flows here… in the heart of the tower?"

Kaida looked around, the air filling her lungs with a strange scent—

a mix of moisture and earth, with hints of a flower unknown to her.

"Yes... it's different," she answered,

touching the pages of the book that flickered softly, holding secrets waiting to be uncovered.

Suddenly, before them appeared a massive shadow,

half-cloaked in smoky hues,

its eyes shining like two stars sunk deep in the endless dark.

It was the beast they had met before,

but here, stronger, and more profound in its terror.

Vailen raised his hand and began chanting strange words,

an ancient incantation from the book.

Light radiated from his fingertips, swirling around the beast like a storm trying to contain it.

Kaida felt something stirring inside her—a new power she could not explain,

yet she knew this was the very reason she had come here.

She stepped forward steadily and opened the book to a page flickering with moving letters,

softly whispering the words she had just read.

The beast paused, as if momentarily enchanted by the spell,

then screamed a roar filled with rage and betrayal.

The struggle raged—between the forces of darkness

and the light beginning to emanate from Kaida and Vailen.

And at that moment, while the battle burned fierce,

they heard a distant sound—faint but clear,

a heart beating fast,

it was Ren's pulse—Kaida's brother—

and that sound was the light guiding them through the darkness.