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CHAPTER 107

Author: Shalom Egbebi
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-05 06:46:43

Kairos’s POV

“If loyalty is the test, then bleed with me.”

“But we were not the only ones looking.”

Rowan’s voice scraped through the chamber like a blade dragged across stone.

The shadows ahead peeled back just enough for figures to emerge. Rowan first. Vaughn beside him. Both looked wrong. Not injured. Not broken. Taut. Like ropes pulled too tight.

Behind them, the chains came into view.

They were not Ravager chains. These were thinner. Pale. Etched with symbols that crawled when I looked too long.

Seren’s breath hitched. “Those are Thread binders.”

My stomach dropped.

A third figure stepped forward, half hidden by the dark. Tall. Lean. Hood pulled low. One hand rested casually on the chain leash wrapped around Rowan’s wrist.

“Well,” the stranger said lightly. “You made it further than expected.”

I felt the Thread spike, sharp and warning.

“Release them,” I said.

The stranger laughed softly. “Straight to commands. Interesting.”

He pushed Rowan forward slightly. Rowan stumbled but st
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