The Trial of the Threads The air in the Nexus thickened with a sense of impending doom. The Keeper’s words echoed in Zahra’s mind, the weight of their meaning sinking deeper with each passing moment. The threads of fate, the loom of creation, all of it—they were in the hands of the Weavers now. And if they faltered, everything would collapse. Zahra glanced at Kael. His face was grim, but his eyes—those eyes—held a steady flame, the same resolve that had driven them both since the beginning. He was right by her side, and together they would face whatever the Keeper had prepared. "What do you mean by 'the true cost'?" Zahra asked, her voice steady despite the turmoil inside her. She knew there was no turning back. Not now. Not after everything they had sacrificed to bring the world into b

