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Chapter 154: Ember and Echo

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A wide sky opened over Oaxaca, pink and gold clouds drifting like breath across the Sierra Madre. From the hilltop ruins of Monte Albán, Sophia watched the valley below pulse with early market bustle—textiles, spices, solar panels, and copper wires braided through str
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