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Chapter 241 -The Tree That Remembered Tomorrow

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I had spent years believing journals preserved stories.

I was wrong.

They preserved words.

The Great Tree preserved something much deeper.

Life.

Vera led us farther into the garden until we stood beneath the enormous canopy.

From below, its branches disappeared into the clouds.

Its roots spread across the island like quiet rivers.

Every root glowed with a faint golden light.

"Come," Vera said.

"The tree has been waiting."

Hope looked at me and smiled.

"I think everything waits for you to write
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