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CHAPTER 23 : Ashes and Mercy  

Author: Adira
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-15 23:19:31

Ella

“With pleasure.”

Rael’s words fade into the wind as he turns back toward the stronghold , burned cheek still smoking, new vial heavy in his pocket. He walks like a man who’s already won .

Back in the stronghold, the pack is barely breathing.

I’m running from cot to cot in the healing hall, hands glowing golden as I pour every drop of strength I have into the sick.

“Hold on,” I whisper to a little girl whose eyes are fluttering shut. “You’re stronger than this poison, you hear me?”

She squeezes my finger once, weak.

Vera is beside me, voice hoarse from hours of healing. “You’re spreading yourself too thin, Ella. You’ll burn out.”

“They’re dying,” I answer, moving to the next bed, an old warrior coughing black bile . “I’m the only one who can fight it .”

Lucira staggers in, face grey, leaning on the doorframe. “We lost three more this morning.”

My heart sinks like a stone. “How many left fighting?”

“Too many still down,” she says. “But the antidote with your blood is working . Slo
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