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The First Breach

Author: Nicolae Staten
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-14 09:06:37

Chapter Seventy: The First Breach

The air in Greyhowl Estate carried a weight, thick and pressing, as if the walls themselves anticipated the crack that would split the world open. But deep in the protected wing, beyond reinforced walls and layered wards, time was unraveling in stranger ways than any of them had imagined.

Logan stood near the arched window of the nursery suite, his hands pressed against the glass as his eyes traced the crimson swirl of the morning sky. His bones ached—not from age, but from growth. Growth that had come overnight, twisting his muscles, lengthening his frame. He was taller now, stronger, his limbs heavier and his mind sharper. The boy who’d stood barely to Link’s chest now stood nearly shoulder-to-shoulder with him.

But he wasn’t the only one.

Behind him, Kael and Elara sat on the plush carpet, their eyes flickering with the same golden hue that had begun to bleed into Logan’s irises. The twins had changed rapidly—what should have been years of growth h
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