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Chapter 29

Auteur: Jane Besh
last update Date de publication: 2026-05-13 21:37:01

Romy Pov

My forehead rested against the cool glass.

Outside, the mountains stood black against the night sky, sharp and endless, snow catching silver under the moonlight. Stormveil looked peaceful from up here. Quiet. Untouched.

It was a lie.

I remembered another mountain once. Smaller. Wilder. Covered in pine and smoke and the sound of children screaming with excitement as they shifted for the first time.

I’d been ten.

I remembered it in fragments, the afternoon sun in the trees, the way the g
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