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CHAPTER 77
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2026-09-24 16:11:33CHAPTER 77
~A SHARPENED NOTE~KAIDEN'S POVGolden eyes. That’s what I saw reflected in Aria’s silver-flecked gaze every morning now, my own, but softer, the usual predatory gleam tempered by a wonder I was still learning to wear. The world held a new, fragile music, and for two weeks, I let myself drown in it.My focus, once spanning the entire territory, had narrowed to the space between my hands when they cradled Aria’s face, to the
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