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CHAPTER 256: CONTAINMENT

Author: Lizzy Fash
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-09 03:19:23

AKASHA

The air was thick with ash and extreme unease.

It clung to my hair, settled on my tongue, stained the folds of my tunic. The scent of charred wood and scorched earth burned in my lungs. The silence as I walked deeper into the forest was unnatural—no birds, no rustle of leaves, no distant howls. Just the echo of something broken.

My brother.

My twin.

I hadn’t seen him since the last war room argument. Since dad screamed that I'd betrayed him and locked me into a dungeon until I was rescued by mother leaving corpses behind like breadcrumbs.

And now, I walked into his lair alone.

I followed the blackened path he carved through the wilderness. Burnt trees stood like graves, their branches reaching skyward in horror. Every step I took was a choice—a silent prayer because Akael is now a monster, a product of father's continous manipulation and somehow he has no sense of right or wrong. His obsession with me started innocently before blooming into madness yet father encouraged
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