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Chapter 127 - The Red thread

Autor: Thattrekonsi
last update Fecha de publicación: 2025-11-27 18:47:35

-Asaraiah Kaine-

The mansion was too quiet when we returned.

Not empty—quiet.

Quiet with intention.

The kind of silence that feels like someone has pressed two hands over its mouth and told it not to scream.

I stepped inside first. Rain dripped from my clothes, pooling onto the floor, leaving a thin, dark trail across the marble. My arm had stopped bleeding; the skin was already smooth, as if nothing had cut it in the first place.

Behind me, Malrik walked in with a stride that didn’t fit
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