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Chapter 9
“HEY TOKE, ARE YOU OKAY?” Oniko’s voice brought me back to the present.
I don’t know how long I zoned out from shock, and his voice caught me unawares. I groaned, nearly falling down as a painful spasm racked through me, but for Oniko who quickly caught me in his strong grasp.
“It’s all good now,” Oniko muttered comfortingly. “I saw you move back there and you did really good.”
More like you saw me run away from a battle more, a tiny voice retorted in my mind.
Oniko brought me away from the scene of the carnage as the nighthawks led by the red matron cleared the area and burnt the bodies of the cursed ones and dead humans.
“Wha— what’s going on?” I asked softly, raising my head as I sensed a wild surge of magic, a joint effort o
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