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CHAPTER 43 — The Burning Mark

Penulis: Cappa Queen
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-22 00:05:35

(Afnan’s POV)

Darkness hums like a heartbeat.

I drift in and out of it, sometimes weightless, sometimes burning. Voices rise and fall around me, blurred and distant, like waves pulling against the shore.

Maelis chants. I know that sound anywhere. The rhythm of ancient words, older than Bloodstone itself.

Somewhere close, Delph’s breath trembles. The scrape of his claws on stone. The desperate, silent prayers that never leave his lips.

“Please,” he murmurs once. “Take me instead.”

The Moon doesn
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