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Chapter 26

Auteur: Zàbel
last update Date de publication: 2026-03-04 23:02:58

Lirian's POV

I woke up strapped to a padded examination chair in what was definitely not a dungeon.

That made it worse.

The room was sterile, all smooth obsidian walls veined with faint silver circuitry, floating diagnostic orbs humming overhead like watchful insects. No chains. No bloodstains. Just the quiet, clinical smell of antiseptic and old Aether. My wrists and ankles were held by soft magnetic cuffs, strong enough to keep me still, gentle enough not to bruise. My head throbbed where the
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