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The chapel air is a tomb of cold, a damp, profound chill that works its way into the marrow. Flickering candlelight paints restless shadows across the damp, ancient stones and the worn, splintering pews. The scent is a familiar mix of old beeswax, undisturbed dust, and the faint, cloying sweetness of lilies left too long on the altar. A lone figure kneels before the sacred space, her blonde hair a wild, matted halo around her gaunt face. Her eyes, a pale and faded blue, stare vacantly at a fissure in the flagstones. Her hands, pale as parchment and trembling slightly, are wrapped so tightly around a wooden rosary that the beads press angry, crimson marks into her skin. When the atmosphere shifts—a subtle thickening, a dimming of the light as if the very air holds its breath—Elara's en…