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Chapter 58: Cracks in the Sky

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last update Last Updated: 2025-06-12 01:51:10

~Tamar

The camp shimmered with tension.

Even before the sun had touched the horizon, the air buzzed with volatile energy. Arcane sigils burned across the earth in patterns only we Horax could read, glowing a soft violet under the weight of the spells we wove. All around me, my soldiers stood ready. Hoods drawn. Blades sheathed. Magic vibrating just beneath the skin.

We didn’t speak. Not out of fear—Horax feared nothing—but out of reverence. What we were about to do wasn’t just an assault. It was reclamation.

The sky above churned with black clouds, manipulated to cloak our movements. Below it, the invisible veil that hid Moon Shadow pulsed faintly, reacting to our presence. A barrier born of celestial blood. It would not fall easily.

I stood at the cliff’s edge, overlooking the flat expanse where the veil shimmered like a heat mirage. I could feel it—the ripple of ancient magic, so thick it tasted metallic on the tongue. This was the spot. I couldn’t see it but the energy I felt in th
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