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Chapter 7

Autor: Zainab
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‎~ SYLARI ~

The footsteps got louder. Boots on stone, hurried and many. I tightened my grip on the crystal shard until the edges cut deeper into my palm. Blood ran warm down my wrist but I didn’t let go.

I stepped over one of the bodies and moved closer to the open door. My legs felt steady even though my heart was still racing. I wasn’t going to wait in the corner like before.

The first fae appeared in the doorway. Tall, armored the same as the dead ones, his blade already out. He saw the room, saw me standing there covered in blood, and stopped short.

Behind him, more poured in. Five. Then seven. They spread out, filling the space, their eyes locked on me.

One of them, older with silver in his hair, raised a hand to hold the others back. He looked at the bodies on the floor, then at the severed wing still twitching near the bed.

“Who did this?” he asked. His voice was calm, but I heard the edge in it.

I didn’t answer, I just watched him.

He took a step closer. “Y
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