Lara: The Gatekeeper

Lara knelt. “That’s your lie, little one. Keep it. You’ll need it on the other side.”

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The child passed, and the candle flickered gold. Lara knelt

A soldier missing his shadow stepped forward. “I killed my brother for a throne I never sat on.” Lara knelt. “That’s your lie

Every soul that reached her had forgotten something. A name. A face. The reason they’d climbed so far.

Lara stood where the road ended — and the path began.