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Chapter 25 : loyalty test

Author: Lockhart
last update publish date: 2026-07-09 21:51:18

The corridors of Zelios were already alive despite the early hour. Scientists hurried between laboratories carrying stacks of files. Engineers pushed carts loaded with spare equipment. Medics exchanged reports while technicians argued over malfunctioning generators. The fortress buzzed with its usual rhythm, a rhythm Sera had somehow never truly noticed before.

She slowed her pace. Normally she walked these halls without paying attention. Her mind was always outside the walls, fixed on ruined s
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