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## **Chapter 13 - Echo of the Circle**

After her first awakening, Zofia felt that the city was no longer just a backdrop to their lives. Skalin reacted to their every step, every word, every gesture.

"I feel like it's watching us now," Marta said, looking at the flickering lights in the windows.

"It's not watching," Zofia corrected her. "It's **contacting us**."

The runes that had previously appeared in the forest now spread throughout the city. The streets seemed to ripple, the sidewalks pulsed gently, and some trees moved to the rhythm of invisible sounds.

"It's impossible..." Łukasz muttered.

"And yet," Klara replied. "This city is alive, and it reacts to Zofia."

At that moment, a shadowy Harbinger suddenly appeared. “It's good that you're here,” he said. “But you must know one thing: the Circle's echo is stronger than you think. Any decision can spread its energy throughout Skalin.”

Zofia looked him straight in the eye.

“I'm ready.”

“Let her be ready,” the shadow replied, and the runes around Zofia swirled even faster, twirling in the air like living snakes.

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## **Chapter 14 – Secrets of the Ancient Circle**

Agnieszka Sarnowska finally told the whole story.

“The Circle of the Awakened has existed for centuries,” she said quietly. “It wasn't a religion, nor a sect. It was a line of protectors of the city. Some families lived in the shadows, passing on knowledge and power, and the city responded only to their blood.”

“But why now?” Lena asked.

“Because the past never fades,” Agnieszka replied. “The Circle always returned when the city was threatened or when one of its heirs appeared on the scene.”

Zofia listened, feeling the awareness of the power she now possessed grow within her.

"So... my blood, the Zamelski blood, is the key?"

"Yes," Agnieszka said. "And you must learn to control the energy before the city begins to act on its own."

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## **Chapter 15 - The Night of Awakening**

Night was approaching. Skalin trembled under the energy of the runes, which now spread throughout the city. People felt uneasiness, sudden surges of fear, strange dreams they didn't understand.

Zofia stood in the center of the city, the runes pulsating around her, reacting to her every breath.

"This is the power of the city," she whispered. "The whole city... is alive."

The shadows that had watched her earlier in the forest now emerged from alleys, courtyards, and rooftops. They weren't hostile. They were watching. They were waiting.

"This is the final test," whispered the Harbinger. “Either you accept her… or the city will be destroyed.”

Zofia raised her hands, concentrating on the pulsating runes.

The city responded to her emotions, to her thoughts, filling the air with the echoes of the voices of those who were part of the Circle.

“I am part of it!” Zofia shouted.

The runes exploded with light, and the entire city trembled with a rhythm of energy no one had ever experienced before.

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## **Chapter 16 – The Connection**

At that moment, all the heirs of the Circle gathered in the center of the city, joining their energy with Zofia’s.

“Now,” Agnieszka said, “the city speaks.”

Zofia closed her eyes and felt a wave of energy flow through her body, her thoughts, her heart. She heard all the voices of the past, present, and future.

“Skalin… we are ready,” she whispered.

And the city responded.

Not with words. Not with screams.

But with a movement, an energy that everyone in Skalin felt in their hearts.

It wasn't just Zofia and the Circle of the Awakened who witnessed the awakening.

The entire city came alive.

And then Zofia knew that the city's past, present, and future were now connected—thanks to her and her blood.

The shadows vanished. The runes stopped pulsing.

"This is only the beginning," Zofia said. "But the city lives. And now we will protect it."

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If you want, I can write the **final chapter of Part 4** as a dramatic ending, with a final scene that wraps up all the threads of the Circle and the city's awakening.

Would you like me to write the final chapter?