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Episode 30

Penulis: MICHEAL X
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-30 21:54:36

Moonlight slants through the curtains, painting silver stripes across the floorboards.

Safe. We’re safe here.

The lie tastes bitter.

Havenbrook’s walls are thick, the wards strong, but the air stinks of wolfsbane tonight. Not the crude poison Kael used—something subtler. Older. Like the scent clinging to Kieran’s clothes when he appeared in the ruins.

Elara stirs, her tiny face scrunching. Goldfire flickers in her veins, reacting to something .

They’re watching.

The thought slithers down my spine. I press my nose to her downy hair, inhaling milk and that sharp, electric tang that’s all her . My pulse thrums where her cheek rests against it. Too fast. She’ll sense my fear.

A floorboard groans in the hall.

I’m on my feet before the handle turns, my free hand scrabbling for the silver-plated dagger under the blanket.

Claire slips inside, her boots silent on the rug. Moonlight catches the fresh scar across her throat—Vienna’s parting gift. Her nostrils flare as s
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