"Do you hear that?" I asked, my voice trembling, but steady as I turned to face my children. The air was thick with a weight I couldn't explain, the darkness pressing in around us. It wasn’t just the looming presence of the third force; it was something deeper, something within us.
“Mom?” Aeliana's voice was quiet but fierce, her eyes shining with the same fierce determination that had always been in her blood. She was ready to face whatever we had to.
I nodded, clutching her hand, feeling the pulse of energy between us, a shared strength. "It's the force," I said, my throat tight. "It’s trying to pull us in. We need to fight it with everything we have."
"It doesn’t stop," Luken said, his voice low but firm. "It keeps whispering. Telling us we're the ones who can wield its power."
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