Remembered by Dust Chapter 4: Blood Offering

Last week, we met the ghost siblings, stories born from comparison and longing to be seen.

Today, the story climbs a mountain, a parent lifts a knife, and child learns that love and trust and obedience don't always overlap. Across faiths, both parent and child ask: why must devotion require sacrifice?

Thank you for reading Blood Offering. It's a trembling, unsettling place , but that's why we explore it together: to heal from the times devotion tried to levy an impossible price.

Next week, Dust and I step down from the mountain and into the ruins. We’ll look at what happens when we trade love for structure and start building towers that can’t hold their own weight.

Until then, I hope you remember: love doesn't need to draw blood to build connection.

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