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Ceris and Izaera took us to an opening on the volcano's side, supposedly halfway to the top.
Hugging myself against the cold air, I glanced around. The damn volcano was huge. Like gigantic. The view of the surrounding area, though mostly white because of the snow, was breathtaking. I closed my eyes for a minute and tried to imagine how it would be with the sun shining high. Sadly, I had never seen the sun outside of my visions, but I hoped I would see it someday. We were getting closer and closer to that. I would see it even if for only a second before the Soul Oath claimed my soul.
“This is the only entrance we discovered,” Ceris said, pointing to the opening. It looked like a normal cave from where we were.
“We didn’t explore it, though,” Izaera said.
“Once we sensed the scepters
