The days after the discovery of the mirror were filled with urgency and tension. Elena and Roan had returned to the Echoes' camp, their minds racing with what they had seen in the mirror—their future, their freedom, the path that lay ahead of them. But it was not just a path of hope; it was one lined with danger. The Priesthood was already aware that they had uncovered the truth, and they would stop at nothing to ensure that their power was never threatened. Elena's mind kept returning to the vision she had seen in the mirror. The image of herself and Roan, bound together not by fate or curse, but by choice—it was a future she had never dared to imagine. Yet, the weight of the Inverse Mark still burned on her arm, a constant reminder that the path to that future would not come easily. Ro

