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CHAPTER 125 — WHEN THE GODS TEST US

ผู้เขียน: Ella Mahmud
last update ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 2025-12-13 01:45:06

Killian POV

Aria’s breathing steadied against my chest, but only barely. Every inhale was thin, trembling, fragile. Like a candle flame flickering in a storm. If I loosened my hold even a fraction, if I let her drift for even a heartbeat, I feared she would disappear into the darkness clawing at her.

I wasn’t letting that happen.

Not now.

Not ever.

Her skin still burned with residual magic, pulses of silver light racing beneath her veins. The Shadowflare hadn’t left her body—it had simply quieted, lurking like a predator waiting to strike when she weakened.

I shifted slightly, easing her into my lap. Her head rested against my shoulder, her breath warming the side of my neck.

“Aria,” I whispered, brushing a thumb over her cheek. “Stay with me.”

Her eyelids fluttered, but they didn’t fully open. She was sinking too deep—into exhaustion, into pain, into magic she shouldn’t have had to face alone.

I adjusted my hold, one arm wrapped fully around her waist, the other supporting her back.
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