The Hollow War Begins
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Rain fell.
Not the gentle kind that soothed hearts but a storm that scraped bone, grey and raw. The sky above Arcanhelm turned to iron, and with it, the hearts of its people.
Kael stood at the window of the sanctuary tower, staring at the valley below. Lireen leaned against the opposite wall, silent.
> "It's not raining," she whispered. "It's mourning."
Kael turned to her. "You feel it too?"
She nodded. "Something is beginning. Not loud... not yet. But it's coming."
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Far below, in the secret chambers beneath the Inner Court, five figures sat around a table carved from obsidian.
One of them the man with eyes like dead coals spoke.
> "The flame girl has fled. The Shadow is with her. The Architect will awaken."
The others nodded. The war wouldn't begin with swords, but with truths buried too long.
And lies spoken too clearly.
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At the Wraith Cloister, Kael trained harder than ever. Not with weapons but with his will. He read old scrolls about the Tethering. He learned the structure of lies used by nobles to erase bloodlines. He deciphered the dialect of hidden spells only known to those who served the Architect centuries ago.
Lireen watched him, her eyes unreadable.
> "You're changing."
Kael: "I have to."
She walked to him.
> "Then let me change with you."
They touched foreheads. Silence. Understanding.
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In the moonlight, they burned their old travel cloaks. They would not hide anymore.
Lireen: "We take the war to them?" Kael: "No. We make them bring it to us."
And so, they crafted a plan: Expose the lie behind the Hollow Bloodline. Disrupt the Shadow Tribunal. Reveal the Architect's prison.
Three steps. One path. No way back.
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🔹Highlight Teaser: The war begins in silence Kael and Lireen train within the sanctuary, preparing not for open battle but for a storm of truth and exposure. As the shadows of Arcanhelm move, and ancient conspiracies stir, the couple chooses not to run, but to become the bait. The Hollow War has begun and no one knows it yet.
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Chapter 26 – The Hollow War Begins
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Kael and Lien no longer hide they secretly build a storm. A bloody war has begun, not with a sword, but with truth that is piercing sharper than anything.
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📌 Highlight Teaser:
> The war begins in silence Kael and Lireen train within the sanctuary, preparing not for open battle but for a storm of truth and exposure. As the shadows of Arcanhelm move, and ancient conspiracies stir, the couple chooses not to run, but to become the bait. The Hollow War has begun and no one knows it yet.
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