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(Created page with "=A Mark Upon the Soul= ==Chapter 1== Nathaniel brushed a strand of hair from his face as he scanned the barren shelves of the market. The shortages had grown worse in recent months, and whispers of rationing cards and digital tracking were now accompanied by dread-filled murmurs of something darker. The believers in his small house church had spoken of this for years—signs of the times, the coming tribulation. But now, the prophecy wasn’t just words in the Scriptur...") |
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Nathaniel sighed, turning back to the shelf. “I don’t need your philosophy. I have my faith.” | Nathaniel sighed, turning back to the shelf. “I don’t need your philosophy. I have my faith.” | ||
“Ah, faith,” she said, stepping closer. “You cling to your scriptures, your traditions, while the world shifts beneath you. The divine isn’t found in dusty pages, Nathaniel. It’s within. It’s | “Ah, faith,” she said, stepping closer. “You cling to your scriptures, your traditions, while the world shifts beneath you. The divine isn’t found in dusty pages, Nathaniel. It’s within. It’s '''us'''. We are gods, if only we realize it.” | ||
Nathaniel faced her now, his eyes sharp. “If you’re a god, Kiran, why do you hunger like the rest of us? Why do you fear the same darkness looming over this world?” | Nathaniel faced her now, his eyes sharp. “If you’re a god, Kiran, why do you hunger like the rest of us? Why do you fear the same darkness looming over this world?” | ||