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Chapter 12: The Dawn Before The War

Author: Dera
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Chapter 12: The Dawn Before War

We retreated from the walls into the Sanctuary's war room. The Old Guard was fracturing.

"she's not ready"

"the Council will slaughter us all"

"if we just give her up, they might let us live"

A lieutenant stepped forward, his face pale, his voice shaking. "We've waited a thousand years. I won't watch us die for a girl who can't even control her power. Surrender her. Save the Sanctuary."

Kael moved faster than light. Shadows coiled around the lieutenant's throat,
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