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Chapter 21

Author: Christina Wilder
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The air in the Citadel of the Shards didn't just vibrate; it tore.

Elara stood in the center of the shattered observation deck, her silver gown hanging in scorched ribbons. The "Ice" was no longer a cage; it had become her armor. The cyan energy was now shot through with jagged veins of Berserker gold, a volatile cocktail of elemental cold and primal heat that made the very floorboards beneath her melt and refreeze in a heartbeat.

"Contain her!" Director Vane shrieked, backing toward the emergency bulkhead. "Seal the deck! Flush the room with neural gas!"

"The gas won't work, Director!" the technician screamed over the roar of the feedback loop. "She’s not breathing! Her metabolism has slaved to the Academy’s broadcast! She’s running on pure resonance!"

Elara didn't walk; she blurred. The first silver-tier enforcer who lunged at her was met with a palm-strike that didn't just break bone—it turned his entire tactical suit into a brittle shell of frost that shattered like glass. She was
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