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Chapter 10

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Aedan

By the time I reach the top of the stairs, there’s no air left in my lungs. My ribs ache, my breath comes in ragged gasps. The passage behind us has sealed shut; the light bounces off the stone walls, and suddenly our own great hall feels far too vast. Soldiers haul up the barricade, armor clinks, someone shouts for water.

I look at Nyra.

In her arms is the small bundle. No bigger than a sack of flour, yet heavy as if the whole world fit inside. Kael. Wrapped in the edge of my cloak, face turned inward. A faint, muffled whimper comes from within — the kind of sound that tells you instinctively it’s nothing serious, but you have to check right away.

“Give him to me — let me hold him while we catch our breath,” I say, reaching out.

Nyra nods, but the motion falters halfway. Her eyes lose focus, like the world itself has shifted half a finger’s width. Her shoulders tremble. It’s not fear I see — it’s depletion. The light she sent across that cursed bridge took everything from her.

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