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CHAPTER 42

Penulis: Nathaniel Korbi
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-09-25 03:32:51

For the first time since the climb had begun, there was silence. The glow along the seams of the spire had dimmed to a faint silver pulse, like embers cooling after a fire. The ash from the last dissolved shapes drifted down in slow spirals, catching in Ava’s hair and on the tips of Lyra’s blade before vanishing.

Ava stayed on her knees, both hands pressed over the shard at her chest. Her heart was hammering but the presence inside her had curled smaller, quieter, like a tide drawing back from the shore. She could still feel its weight, but it no longer pressed against her ribs with every breath. She looked up at Silas.

“It’s inside,” she whispered. “Part of it.”

Silas crouched in front of her, steadying her shoulders. “But you’re still you.”

“For now.” Her eyes flickered silver again. “It wants more. But I… I don’t think I can hold more.”

Lyra knelt beside them, sword point on the stone. Sweat ran down her temple, but her voice was steady. “Then we don’t give it more. We find a way t
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