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CHAPTER FORTY ONE The Weight Of Permission

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CHAPTER 41 The Weight of Permission

The door did not fully break open so much as give up its argument.

A final shift of metal. A controlled collapse of resistance. Then the space beyond it widened, and Lucian stepped through as if he had already mapped the room long before entering it.

Elena saw him first.

Not because he moved loudly—he didn’t—but because the air changed when he arrived. The pressure in the room redistributed itself around him, subtle but undeniable, like a system adjusting to
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