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Chapter 71 — Beneath the Fractured Sky

Auteur: Ella Mahmud
last update Date de publication: 2025-10-30 02:13:53

The moon hung like a broken coin in the sky half glowing, half swallowed by the dark. The forest below was still burning from the fight that tore through it. Smoke curled around the ruins, and the air hummed with the faint echo of lost screams.

Liora stumbled through the charred earth, clutching her arm. The blood had dried black against her sleeve. Her breathing was ragged, but her eyes her eyes were fierce. Behind her, the sound of approaching footsteps snapped her focus.

She spun around.

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