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Chapter Sixteen: The Space Between

作者: Orion Vale
last update 公開日: 2026-08-05 05:08:13

I kept digging at the scorched ground, nails tearing, until Rhys grabbed me and yanked me away.

"There's nothing here," he said, voice rough, his own hands not quite steady either. "Ivy. There's nothing here to dig for."

"He was right here." My voice sounded broken, like it belonged to someone else. "People don't just vanish. There should be a body. Or blood. Or something."

"Or a door," Mira said quietly.

We all turned.

She crouched at the edge, fingers tracing a groove in the scorched stone. I
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