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The point Between Power and Ruin

Author: Rodlad
last update publish date: 2026-04-24 00:25:21

POV: Liora

The eastern border did not look dangerous at first glance.

That was what made it worse.

The terrain stretched wide and uneven beneath a washed-out sky, the kind of place that seemed too quiet to matter. Sparse trees broke the horizon in irregular clusters, their shadows thin and unsteady against the dry ground. There were no steep ridges, no natural choke points, nothing that would make an approaching threat obvious or predictable. It was open in a way that left too many possibilitie
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