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Chapter 21_ Room of Eternity
Lefu grabbed his chest when sudden grief struck him. He screamed on top of his lungs when what felt like a dagger wounded him and carved out a portion of his heart, piercing him… leaving an invisible hole there.
“Ahh! What’s happening?”
He was alone in his room, finishing Amethyst’s portrait, but he couldn’t because he dropped to his knees and was crippled on the floor. His cry sent Braeden dashing to his room.
“Hey, son.”
Although his face was already white because of having no blood in his veins, he became whiter like the snow as he worried about Lefu.
“My heart aches, literally. Amethyst! It must have something to do with her.”
Braeden scanned his son’s body. His heart rate dropped and its beat was no longer normal until it stopped and Lefu fainted in his arms. As Braeden visualized Lefu’s body like an x-ray machine, he noticed tinges of green and yellow fluid flowing inside of him.
Moments later, a white bat came in through
Idle MindWhat deal would Braeden offer Rinari in exchange for a glass of elixir?
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