The Master of Illusions: Unveiling the Truth

The Master of Illusions: Unveiling the Truth

Alfred

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I lay dying on the cold Chicago asphalt, Nightfall's attack tearing through me. My last hope, the Heartstone Amulet, was clutched in my hand, meant for Mark, our fallen leader, the one the Order truly needed. Then Olivia, the orphaned girl I' d raised and loved like a sister, knelt beside me. I gasped, holding out the Amulet: "Give it to Mark, he needs it!" Her hand reached for it... and then tightened, not gently, but with a bone-chilling strength. She ripped the Amulet from my grasp. "I need him to live, Ethan!" she whispered, her eyes fixed solely on Mark. She scrambled away, leaving me to the cold embrace of death as she revived him. She never looked back. The betrayal, from her, was a physical blow, worse than any wound. My selflessness, my sacrifice... wasted on a fool. It wasn't for the Order, but her desperate desire for him. Mark always got what he wanted. How could I have been so blind, so utterly foolish, to die for someone who could betray me with such chilling indifference? But then, darkness faded into a blinding flash. I stood, years earlier, in the grimy Chicago alley where I'd first found Olivia. The skirmish was ending, she was there, injured. Before, I would have rushed to her side, full of compassion. But this time, I felt nothing but ice. I remembered. And this time, the illusionist would play a different game.

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I lay dying on the cold Chicago asphalt, Nightfall's attack tearing through me.

My last hope, the Heartstone Amulet, was clutched in my hand, meant for Mark, our fallen leader, the one the Order truly needed.

Then Olivia, the orphaned girl I' d raised and loved like a sister, knelt beside me.

I gasped, holding out the Amulet: "Give it to Mark, he needs it!"

Her hand reached for it... and then tightened, not gently, but with a bone-chilling strength.

She ripped the Amulet from my grasp.

"I need him to live, Ethan!" she whispered, her eyes fixed solely on Mark.

She scrambled away, leaving me to the cold embrace of death as she revived him.

She never looked back.

The betrayal, from her, was a physical blow, worse than any wound.

My selflessness, my sacrifice... wasted on a fool.

It wasn't for the Order, but her desperate desire for him. Mark always got what he wanted.

How could I have been so blind, so utterly foolish, to die for someone who could betray me with such chilling indifference?

But then, darkness faded into a blinding flash.

I stood, years earlier, in the grimy Chicago alley where I'd first found Olivia.

The skirmish was ending, she was there, injured. Before, I would have rushed to her side, full of compassion.

But this time, I felt nothing but ice. I remembered. And this time, the illusionist would play a different game.

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