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Nicholas Boothman
Chapter: 7
The Initiation Well
Sintra is a fairytale town an hour northwest of
Lisbon, where castles cling to mountaintops and
fog whispers through the pines. It has always
attracted mystics, poets, and the kinds of thinkers
who see symbols in the way leaves fell.
By sunrise, they were riding a narrow tram into
the hills.
Carolina sat beside Henry, flipping through a
weathered leather journal, her fingers moving
slowly across the brittle pages, like she was reading
something sacred.
Henry stared out the window, his mind drifting.
Their arms brushed.
Just barely.
Neither of them moved.
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