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Chapter 182

作者: Shalom Egbebi
last update publish date: 2026-03-24 05:51:43

POV: Aria

“It would be a reckoning.”

The wind carried another roar from the north.

Not just a howl.

A surge of power.

It rolled across the trees and slammed into our territory line like a wave against stone.

The ground beneath my feet trembled.

Kael did not let go of my hand.

But I felt it.

A flicker of doubt.

Not fear.

Calculation.

“If he completes it before the full moon, he can challenge immediately,” Seren said behind us.

Kael nodded once.

“Then we do not wait.”

I turned to him.

“What are y
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