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Chapter 98: Labour

Author: Justin Lights
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Lyria's POV

Kael stepped into the room, and for a heartbeat, the only thing I felt was pure relief. My chest lifted as though a weight had been yanked off me, and a bright, uncontrollable smile stretched across my lips. I moved toward him instinctively, my heart racing for all the right reasons now.

He was here. Safe. Alive.

But then… my smile faltered.

Kael’s eyes met mine, and something in his gaze made my breath hitch. His expression was unreadable—closed off in a way I hadn’t seen in a long while. And that wasn’t all.

My eyes traveled over him quickly, drinking in every inch, and a cold knot began to form in my stomach. His clothes were a mess—dirtied and torn in places. There was a long scrape down one sleeve, dried mud along his boots, and a streak of something darker—blood?—on his arm.

My stomach twisted painfully.

“Kael,” I breathed, stepping closer, my hand instinctively reaching out to touch his arm, to reassure myself that he was real and standing in front of me. “What hap
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