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## **Chapter 11: In the Heart of the House**

The house's corridors finally began to lead downward, toward the oldest part of the underground. Each footstep of Jacob and Argo echoed off the damp walls, and the air grew heavier, saturated with history and the memories of all who had passed through.

"This is the heart of the house," Mara said, walking beside them. "This is where it all began, and here you will find the truth no one has ever known."

Before them appeared a vast hall, its ceiling lost in darkness. In the center stood the sarcophagus, now open, and around it, swirling mist formed the figures of every woman who had ever entered the house. Their gazes were filled with history, warnings, and regret.

"These... are they part of the house?" Jacob asked, and Argo barked uncertainly. "Not just a part," Mara replied. "They are the key. Each of them left a part of themselves here, their decisions, their mistakes, and their courage. The sarcophagus connects them all. And now the house wants you to understand why all this exists."

Jakub stepped closer, holding the first key he had obtained in the previous room. The mist began to pulsate with the rhythm of his heart, and the figures of the women turned their gazes on him and Argo.

"We must see what the house wants to show us," Jacob said. "Only then will we understand what this sarcophagus truly is."

Then the mist began to create images: scenes from each woman's life, their struggles, fears, secrets, and the choices that led them to the house. And among them appeared one figure—one no one had ever seen before.

"This is her..." Mara whispered. "The first woman, the one who started it all. It was her decisions that created the cycle the house has repeated for generations."

Jakub felt the figure looking at him with pleading, expectant eyes. Then he understood: the house wasn't just repeating the women's stories. He was trying to teach them a lesson, and now their lesson had become his challenge.

"We must take responsibility for what we've discovered here," Jacob said, looking at Argo. "It's not just the past. It's a future we can change."

The figure in the mist nodded, and all the women's shadows slowly began to fade, leaving behind silence and the pulsing energy of the sarcophagus. Jacob felt he understood at least part of the house's mystery—that the sarcophagus's true power lies not in its history, but in the choices each of us makes here.

"Now we know," Mara said. "And this is only the beginning. The house doesn't reveal everything at once. But now you are ready for another test, one that will show whether you truly deserve what it holds."

Jacob took a deep breath, and Argo sat down at his side. They knew one thing: the heart of the house still beats, and their adventure was only just entering its decisive phase.

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I can now write **Chapter 12**, in which Jacob and Argo will face the house's most difficult test—a confrontation with its living power and a decision that could change the fate of all the women of the sarcophagus.

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