Chapter Title: A Vision of Unity
The night had fallen cold, and the wind whispered through the towering trees around the clearing where Caleb and Rowan stood. The pendant between them pulsed with a strange, insistent energy, as though it were calling to something deeper—something buried within them both.
Caleb had never been one to trust visions. They were often cryptic, confusing, and dangerous. But there was no denying the strange pull he felt in the air as the pendant grew warmer in his hands. He could feel Rowan’s presence beside him, his steady heartbeat and the tension in his muscles, both of them bound by something greater than themselves—by the curse and the prophecy that had shaped their fates.
“Do you feel that?” Rowan asked, his voice hushed, as if speaking too loudly might s
