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Chapter 39 - The Consequence That Wears His Name

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last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-07-04 08:25:58
POV: Maximus & Lila (Dual)

Maximus

The first time I couldn’t hear her heartbeat, I told myself it was a warding glitch.

The second time, I dropped my blade mid-sparring.

The third?

I collapsed.

The Gate had marked her.

However, I was unaware that it had also marked me. Not with light.

With silence.

A creeping, golden hush curling through my blood, tugging at the parts of me that had loved her too long to be safe.

It was called echo burn by Elora. A relic of legacy magic when two souls drift too close to something divine, one always has to retreat or be absorbed.

Guess which one I was.

Lila

The mark on Maximus’s skin shimmered for the first time after the Tribunal, a golden smudge on his collarbone that pulsed whenever I walked near.

Not hostile.

Not enchanted.

Just… sad.

Elora watched him pace beneath the sigil tree, hands clenched, voice quiet. “He’s fraying,” she whispered. “The Gate’s trying to decide if he’s bond or barrier.”

“I won’t let it choo
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