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Chapter Eighty-Two

Author: Shalom Egbebi
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-11-28 06:42:03

Seren’s POV

“He is in the Hall, and I cannot feel him.”

That was the first thing I said when I opened my eyes.

And the truth cut deeper than the cold air in the room.

Lily flinched where she sat beside my bed. “Seren, slow down. You just woke up.”

“I do not have time.” I pushed myself upright even though my bones felt like someone had poured stone into them. “Kairos crossed the boundary. The Hall pulled him in.”

Her lips tightened. “Then we get him out.”

I shook my head. “You cannot enter that
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