Kaelis wasn’t the only one changing.

  In the weeks that followed, whispers moved through Eryndell. Of abilities behaving strangely. Of glyphs appearing where none had been before. Of people failing fusions they should have mastered.

  And always, the same phrase followed.

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  “The balance is shifting.”

  Kaelis heard the name for the first time in the lower archives.

  “Beyond.”

  The word wasn’t spoken loudly. It didn’t need to be.

  The archivist refused to elaborate, only shaking her head and locking the records behind reinforced seals.

  “Some knowledge doesn’t want to be known,” she said quietly.

  Kaelis left with more questions than answers—and a growing sense that whatever lay ahead wasn’t waiting patiently.

  It was moving.