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Chapter 8: First Rule Broken

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The Hollow Residence did not stay quiet for long. Virelle stood by the window, her reflection staring back at her with eyes that no longer belonged to the girl she had been before the rift tore open her world. The silver threading through the gold had not faded. If anything, it had deepened, catching the fractured moonlight and holding it alive. She should have been afraid. She was, but fear was no longer the only thing moving through her.

There was something else now. Something sharper. Someth
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