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Chapter 21

Auteur: Layo
last update Date de publication: 2025-08-25 13:14:39

VAEL

The snow had thickened overnight, swallowing the ruins of Drenhaven in a shroud of white. My boots crunched through the crusted layer, the air sharp with frost and rot. Smoke still bled from the husks of houses, black veins coiling into the pale morning sky.

My men flanked me in silence, hackles raised, shoulders tight. The stench of iron and carrion clung to the air, but beneath it I caught another scent—human. Fresh.

A snarl curved from my throat.

“Spread,” I ordered, voice cutting like
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