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Chapter 41 – The Edge of Breaking

Auteur: Ihsan Ali Bashir
last update Date de publication: 2026-04-05 05:07:24
The storm did not come from the sky.

It came from within the walls.

Kael felt it before he saw it. A shift in the air. A wrongness that crawled along his spine like a warning whispered too late. The academy grounds, usually humming with quiet discipline and controlled violence, had gone unnaturally still.

Too still.

He stood at the edge of the courtyard, fingers curled slightly at his sides, gaze scanning every shadow.

Something had changed.

"You feel it too."

The voice came from b
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