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Author: Theana
last update publish date: 2026-05-05 18:42:46

CHAPTER 138 — THE FIRST SIGNAL

Sienna felt it before anything else changed.

Not sound.

Not movement.

Something quieter than both.

A presence settling into awareness around her, like the world had just confirmed she was no longer invisible.

Her fingers tightened slightly at her sides.

Damien noticed immediately.

Elias did too.

Sienna spoke softly.

“It is here.”

Damien stepped closer at once.

“What is here?”

She hesitated, then answered.

“The first response.”

Elias’s expression shifted slig
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