Elias’s vision blurred. The faces in the portraits on the walls seemed to turn toward him. He felt a strange pulling sensation in his chest, a sudden, overwhelming connection to the ground beneath the floorboards.
Chapter 2 deepens the psychological tension. Kaelen wakes in a guest hut with no exits—only shifting walls. A young guide named (a sharp-tongued teenager who is secretly a village spy) explains the rules: mother village ch 1 ch 2 v10 by shadow full
