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CHAPTER 194: The First Contraction
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2026-11-01 19:45:58The heavy oak doors of the Keep slammed shut behind us, cutting off the shrieking fury of the storm.
The inner hall felt suffocatingly warm after hours in the Arctic Convergence, but the heat did nothing to ease the frantic tension filling the corridor.
Ezra and Kieran carried Caspian between them, his broad feet dragging on the stone floor, his dark head falling forward against Ezra’s shoulder.
"To the royal chamber! Now!" Ezra roared to the standing guards, his vo
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