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Chapter 23: Embers Beneath the Throne

Author: Samster_x
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~Caelum

The dirt was cold against my cheek, the binds still glowing faintly with residual magic. I tasted blood and dirt, felt the weight of failure anchoring me to the forest floor. My limbs burned, but not from the fight. From helplessness. Was tying me here in the middle of the forest with invisible chains absolutely necessary?

For minutes, I lay there, breathing through the pain. The light of the moon filtered through the trees, painting silver ribbons across my bruised arms. The magical restraints around my body had started to flicker, destabilized from the explosion that had erupted when they disappeared with her. I waited, hoping it’ll disintegrate on its own—it didn’t.

I gathered my strength. Pulled. Pushed. The magic resisted, but I was angrier than it was clever. I dug into my core, into the sliver of my magic that still responded, and with a grunt, snapped the bindings apart. They fizzled out with a whisper of violet smoke.

I lay there for another second.

Then I stood.

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