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Chapter 76

Author: SHINING
last update publish date: 2026-06-04 23:07:48

Seraphina

The first thing I smelled was the familiar scent of woodsmoke and pine. The second was the intense, comforting heat of a hand around me.

My eyelids were heavy, but I forced them open. The dim, orange glow of a dying fire danced across the room. I wasn't in the white room. There were no hydraulic locks, no sterile metal tables, no hum of Level Four.

"Azriel...?" My voice was a broken, breathless rasp.

"I'm here, Seraphina. I'm right here."

His face blurred into focus above me. His brow
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