Journey Of Hell | CH:54 (Katha’s Promise)

The light of my joy filled the room, a warm, golden radiance that pushed back the shadows. I had lost everything, but I had won the only victory that mattered. I closed my eyes, ready for the end, ready for my own road of spikes.

“But you, Dimple,” Katha’s voice was gentle now, pulling me back. “Your own ledger remains. The Law is a perfect accountant. Your sacrifice has paid your family’s debt. But your own is still written. The affair, the lies, the pride, the cruelty. You must still walk your own path.”

I opened my eyes and looked at her. I nodded slowly. There was no fear, no despair. Only a quiet acceptance. “I know,” I whispered. “I am ready.”

“But such a love… such a sacrifice… it does not go unrecorded,” Katha continued, and for the first time, her voice was laced with something akin to warmth. “You have not traded your soul for theirs, Dimple. You have purified it. The merit of this final, selfless act is immense. It does not erase your debt, for the Law demands balance. But it has earned you a promise.”

She drifted closer, and her presence was no longer one of a judge or a tormentor, but of a guide.

“You will walk your own road,” she said, her voice a solemn vow. “You will feel the sting of every lie and the fire of every betrayal you have committed. The consequences must be faced. But when the last debt is paid, when the final agony has balanced the scales, however many ages that may take… I will come for you.”

My breath caught in my throat.

“I will come into the heart of Hell itself,” she said, her eyes meeting mine with a light that was no longer cold, but brilliant. “And I will lead you to the golden gate. You will not be lost. You will be redeemed. This is my promise to you.” The vortex to my own hell began to form in the corner of the room, but its sounds of torment were now muted, softened by the echo of her words. My punishment was no longer an eternal sentence. It was a journey. A long, agonizing, but finite journey, with a guide waiting at the end. It was the difference between damnation and purgatory. The difference between hopelessness and faith

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