Heartbeats in the Dark"

Echoes of a racing heartbeat pulsed through the tower's corridors, filling the space with a resonance only understood by those who have truly embraced the darkness.

Kaida and Faelan caught their breath among the cracked corners of the passageways, where every shadow whispered memories that no longer had the luxury of being forgotten.

The two moved slowly, and the book in Kaida's hands burned with a quiet fire, trying to light a path destined to end in a tale without joy.

That flame symbolized a fragile hope, fading with every step closer to the truth.

Faelan looked at Kaida with eyes heavy with pain—as if his heart was caged behind walls of sorrow and solitude.

There was no room left for joy, not even for the love that had begun to bloom between them.

He whispered with a broken voice:

"Maybe... we're just shadows in this tower, and we don't exist beyond its forgetting."

Kaida felt the weight of his words pulling her under, yet she tried to gather the remnants of her strength. She gazed toward the dark road ahead, where an unforgiving fate awaited them.

As the tower groaned from deep within, distant screams echoed—like the city itself was writhing beneath the storms drawing near.

In that moment, Kaida realized her journey would not end in victory, but perhaps mark the beginning of a greater loss—a loss that reached beyond people, beyond flesh and blood, to everything beautiful she had ever tried to carry in her heart.

The end was near, but the tower had yet to reveal its true face—the face that devours souls and leaves behind only faded shadows.

They held each other's hands tightly, knowing that what lay ahead would be a farewell—not only to life as they knew it, but to the love that had grown amidst a darkness where no dawn would rise.