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CHAPTER SEVEN: The Shadow That Follows
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2026-04-19 22:00:08The first three days in Ravencrest felt like drowning in slow motion.
Celeste refused to wear any of the fine clothes brought to her room. She stayed in the same smoke-stained grey dress she had worn the day Silvermere burned. The faint smell of ash and pine still clung to the fabric, grounding her in her pain. She spoke only when necessary, ate very little, and treated every knock at her door like an
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