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Chapter 86

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The gymnasium was located on the estate's lower level, behind a heavy, soundproofed door that Elara had passed without opening for four months.

She had heard the sounds twice before late at night—the rhythmic clink of weight stacks, the whir of a cable machine, and the steady, punishing cadence of a workout run at a pace that suggested a desperate purpose rather than recreation. She had never investigated. It wasn’t her wing, and she had respected the boundary.

Tonight, the door was ajar.

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