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Chapter 125: Claimed in Shadows

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Mira’s POV

I wasn’t chained.

That was the first thing I noticed when I woke up, and it should have terrified me more than iron restraints ever could.

The room was spacious, dark in colour, with gold patterns etched into the walls. Everything surrounding me screamed luxury—far more excessive than my palace in Eradrakor. I lay on a wide bed covered in dark linen that smelled faintly of roses and something unfamiliar.

For a long moment, I didn’t move, trying to process what had happened to me.

My body ached in that deep, hollow way it always did after magic was used on me without my consent. I felt weak. I tried to call Asfar, but I couldn’t reach her. The bonds—both of them—were quiet. Not severed. Just… distant. Like hearing thunder far away and knowing a storm existed somewhere beyond the horizon.

That scared me more than chains ever could.

The door opened without a sound.

I turned my head slowly, already bracing myself.

He didn’t rush in. Didn’t look. He paused just inside the thresh
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