“Mother and father of the flames, a doorway parts, the souls of the dead will rush as one to seek the land of the living. If they cannot be stopped, all shall fall,” the stars hissed. “And this our responsibility how?” I barked. “Your daughter breaks the laws of old, bends the rules long ago set in place by the Origin as she walks here not in death, but alive with her heart still beating. You must thwart her in her path. Stop her from stepping through The Veil. This is your duty, do not defy it.” “How has she done this?” Merissa questioned in dismay, but I held no answer for her. “You must
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