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Chapter 15 - Chapter Fifteen

Insider facts Underneath the Shadows

The disrupting experience with the elderly person left a waiting disquiet in the air. Selene and Ronan strolled back to the town peacefully, both consumed by their viewpoints. The lady's words reverberated to Selene — *You've just started to expose what's underneath. The revile runs deep.*

As they arrived at the town's edge, Selene couldn't shake the inclination that the woodland was watching them. The breeze stirred through the trees, murmuring privileged insights she couldn't yet comprehend. Each step felt heavier, as though the heaviness of the revile was developing instead of reducing.

At the point when they showed up at the town square, the excess residents had accumulated once more, their appearances tense with expectation. Ronan traded a look with Selene prior to venturing forward, his voice firm.

"The timberland is as yet tormented by remainders of the revile," he started, proceeding with caution. "However, we've gained ground. We really want time and carefulness, however the most exceedingly awful is behind us."

The group mumbled, some feeling better, others unconvinced. Selene could feel their questions sneaking in. The elderly person's admonition had left her shaken as well, yet she was unable to let that show now. They wanted to accept that the revile could be crushed.

As the group scattered, Selene went to Ronan. "We can't overlook what she said."

"I know," he answered, his voice low. "We need to figure out what she implied. The revile is something other than a spell — it's attached to something more profound."

"Something it actually needs," Selene added, a shudder running down her spine.

Ronan's demeanor solidified. "We want to return to the chronicles. There must be more about this, something we missed."

The Documents

Soon thereafter, under the front of dimness, they got back to the town's old chronicles — a neglected structure on the edges, loaded up with disintegrating scrolls and dusty books that had been immaculate for a really long time. It was here that the seniors had once put away the legend and chronicles of the town, yet few considered visiting the spot now.

The air inside was stale smelling, thick with the fragrance of old paper and failed to remember recollections. Racks lined the walls, loaded up with old books that held the town's most obscure mysteries. Selene's fingers touched the ragged spines of the books, her heart enlivening at the possibility of what they could reveal.

Ronan lit a light, the glinting light creating scary shaded areas across the room. "We want to find anything connected with the revile — its beginnings, its motivation, and what that lady could have been alluding to."

They worked peacefully, sifting through the weak pages of old texts. Time appeared to extend on as they dove further into the narratives of their bloodlines, revealing old contentions, fights, and agreements made with powers outside their ability to understand.

After what felt like hours, Selene ran over an endured diary, its cowhide restricting broke with age. She opened it cautiously, her breath getting as she read the initial not many passages.

"It's a journal," she murmured, looking at Ronan. "Composed by one of the first witches who fashioned the revile."

Ronan drew nearer, his eyes examining the fragile content. "What does it say?"

Selene's eyes limited as she read out loud. "*The blood of our foes will seal the settlement, yet the genuine power lies not in the actual blood, but rather in the spirit. The revile will tie their spirits, in addition to their tissue, guaranteeing that even in death, they will serve the darkness.*"

Her voice followed off, the heaviness of the words soaking in. "It's not just about our bloodlines," she said, her voice scarcely over a murmur. "It's about our spirits. The revile isn't simply a spell — it's a limiting of our actual substance."

Ronan's jaw gripped. "The elderly person signified "That. The revile isn't just about keeping us attached to the land — it needs something more profound. Something timeless."

Selene flipped through additional pages, her fingers shaking. "There's something else. *Only through a penance of the spirit might the revile at any point be mollified. Blood might debilitate its hold, yet the spirit is its actual prize.*"

The room appeared to become colder as the importance of the words got comfortable. Selene's heart hustled, dread twisting in her chest. "A spirit penance… "

Ronan's hand fixed on the grip of his knife. "We won't allow it to end up like that. There must be another way."

However, Selene could feel the dimness surrounding them, the heaviness of their predecessors' slip-ups pushing down on her. "What in the event that there isn't? Consider the possibility that one of us needs to surrender something beyond our life to end this."

Ronan ventured nearer, his look serious. "We'll track down another way, Selene. I'm not allowing the revile to take you."

She met his eyes, the implicit trepidation between them unmistakable. They had previously forfeited so a lot — what more might the revile at any point interest?

Dreams of the Past

As they kept looking through the journal, Selene started to feel a bizarre draw, like the words on the page were connecting with her, calling her more profound into their set of experiences. Her vision obscured, and briefly, she wasn't in the document any longer.

She remained in an alternate time, encompassed by figures shrouded in shadow. The witches — the first ones who had projected the revile — remained all around, their hands raised as they recited antiquated chants. In the focal point of the circle, a figure bowed, limited by chains of light. It was a man, his face darkened, however the misery in his voice was undeniable as he shouted out in torment.

The witches talked as one, their voices dim and tormenting. "His blood will tie the revile, however his spirit will take care of the murkiness. Through his affliction, the revile will live timeless."

Selene's heart beat in her chest as she watched, weak to stop what was going on. The man shouted as the light around him fixed, maneuvering him into the earth, his body dissolving into shadow.

Once more, the scene moved, and presently she saw the repercussions — the revile spreading through the town, contaminating each bloodline, each family. It resembled a toxic substance, saturating the land, curving the spirits of the dead and restricting them to the dimness.

Selene panted, her vision snapping back to the present. She was kneeling down in the file, the journal actually grasped in her grasp. Ronan was next to her, his face pale with concern.

"What occurred?" he asked, helping her to her feet.

"I saw it," Selene murmured, her voice shaking. "The second the revile was projected. They didn't simply seal it with blood — they bound it with a spirit. Furthermore, presently… it's coming for our own."

Ronan's face obscured. "We really want to track down the wellspring of this enchantment, the core of the revile. On the off chance that we can obliterate that, perhaps we can cut off its hold."

"Be that as it may, how?" Selene asked, her psyche dashing. "Assuming the revile is attached to our spirits, how would we break something that is important for us?"

Ronan's demeanor mellowed as he put a hand on her shoulder. "We've come this far. We'll sort it out. Together."

Selene gestured, however the apprehension in her chest would not die down. They had revealed the reality of the revile, yet the way forward was more obscure than she had at any point envisioned.