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CHAPTER 42:

Author: Maxpher1
last update publish date: 2026-01-19 19:13:02

Kael's POV

I thought the bond was dead.

That was the lie I had wrapped my heart around with, the lie I used to breathe.

I was standing on the balcony when it happened. Night wind. Iron clouds.

The city below is glowing like nothing in my chest ever could. I was counting breaths, trying not to think of her, when pain ripped through me so fast I dropped to my knees. Not mine.

Hers. Aria.

I gasped, my fingers digging into stone as fire tore through my ribs. My vision shattered white, then red. M
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