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Chapter 26: Out of the Ashes

作者: Ann Lottimore
last update 公開日: 2025-07-17 07:22:39

The silence was the first thing she noticed.

It wasn’t peaceful — it was dense, weighted, like smoke that refused to clear. Siena opened her eyes slowly, the dim overhead light casting shadows along the concrete ceiling. The air was cold, stale, tinged with something metallic. There were no big windows, no sounds of the outside world. Just the hum of ventilation and the ghost of something burning, still clinging to her skin.

She shifted slightly on the cot, the rough blanket scratching her arm.
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