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What if Marco never gets killed by the tree? What would be the story? _____ During a protest, a mediator survives the collapse of an ancient tree—but something has taken root inside him. With whispers in his mind and unseen forces watching, the truth must be uncovered before it is too late. _____ Marco knew today was going to be a disaster. A storm was rolling in, a thousand-year-old tree was at the heart of a volatile protest, and corrupt officials were making his job unbearable. Then the tree fell—lightning struck—something ancient awoke. And Marco should have died. Instead, there was a voice. A name, foreign yet familiar. A whisper burrowing deep into his mind, taking root in the cracks of his being. When the darkness lifted, he was still himself—broken, aching, but alive. But something had changed. The presence that called to him hadn’t disappeared. It lingered, unseen, waiting. Watching. And in the shadows, something else stirred. Something that had been waiting far longer. Whether Marco was chosen, cursed, or simply in the wrong place at the wrong time no longer mattered. The world around him was shifting, and whatever had reached out to him from the depths of that fallen tree would not let go.