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Chapter 6

Author: Quin Gee
last update publish date: 2026-04-23 17:56:35

ELYRA.

The banging dragged me out of sleep like a hand yanking my hair.

I groaned and rolled over, burying my face into the pillow, hoping and praying it would stop. My body felt heavy, the kind of heavy that came from sleeping with a troubled mind. Last night had been a blur of anger and confusion. After Radiel left, I had left my dinner halfway. The thought of sitting at that long table, surrounded by silence and servants who watched without looking, had turned my stomach. So I had returned t
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