Heir of destiny — Chapter 2: Echoes in the Hallway
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As Samara enters Jonathan's foyer, the oppressive atmosphere of the house immediately clashes with the strange, buzzing vibration she feels in her own skin. Arianna greets her with a sharp, judgmental gaze, but Samara is distracted by a sudden, violent flicker of the lights that reveals a brief, ghostly silhouette of a knight standing in the mirror. Trying to remain composed, Samara dismisses the vision as exhaustion, though her hand involuntarily clenches into a fist, bruising her palm against a hidden relic pendant she wears. When Jonathan arrives, his cold, calculating smile suggests he is already aware of the spectral presence following her into his home. Samara decides to stay and confront her uncle about the past instead of fleeing, a choice that forces her to acknowledge that the legends she dismissed as childhood stories are bleeding into her reality.