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The long drawn siege

Author: Gifted Hands
last update publish date: 2026-02-25 23:06:46

Lira's POV

I tilted my head, trying to understand what I was seeing on her face. Alia looked tired. Too tired. It was like something dark was moving under her skin, especially around her eyes. Her face looked dull, like she had not slept in days. That didn't make sense. She had been asleep since our last drift.

“Why do you look like that?” I asked her.

“Like what?” she asked back.

“You look like you have not rested at all,” I said. “They told me you were asleep when I woke up from the drift. Y
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