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Chapter 27. Before the Sun Rises

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Elara POV

The meeting didn’t immediately come to an end. It unfolded and unraveled slowly and deliberately.

​Like no one in that room wanted to be the first to stand and admit that a decision had been made that none of them were fully comfortable with, and yet one by one, the elders began to rise, their voices lowering into smaller conversations as they moved toward the doors, the tension easing just enough to breathe but not enough to disappear.

It slowed, like it always did

​I stayed where I
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