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The Empty Awakening

Kaelen's palm presses flat against the frozen crystal, and a hairline crack races upward from his fingers. The prison shatters in a cascade of glittering shards, and Emilia crumples forward into his arms—limp, cold, her violet eyes fluttering open without recognition. She stares at his face as if trying to read a language she has never learned, her fingers rising to touch his jaw with the tentative curiosity of a child. 'Who are you?' she whispers, and Kaelen feels the old world die in his chest. He pulls her closer, one hand cradling the back of her skull, and says the first lie he has ever told her: 'Someone who will never leave you.'