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Chapter 96

Author: Shan R.K
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-19 22:55:07

Haden

He looked at the sigil like he could burn it out with his eyes alone. When he spoke, it was with the kind of control that hurts to keep. “You can copy a Honshu’s ink if you’ve seen it and survived it. You can’t hold it unless you feed it.”

“Feed it what,” Keiral asked.

“Blood,” he said. “Or bond. There isn’t a third option.”

Ellan’s mouth was a hard line. “Who has seen your ink.”

“Anyone who’s tried to kill me,” Krav said. His eyes finally cut to me. “Or anyone I’ve let close enough.”

My hands closed before I could stop them. “You saying she—”

He stepped in fast, too close, heat coming off him like a warning. “Say her name like that again and you and I will find a room without glass.”

Ellan slid between us with a look. “Back off. Both of you.”

Deni’s voice came in on a whisper. “Movement. Two floors down. Vent stair.”

Ellan’s focus snapped to the hall. He pointed me left. “Cut down and take the landing. Krav, with me. We squeeze him.”

We moved. I took the stairs two
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