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CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Author: Blessing Nelson
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-27 06:31:07

The dawn arrived drenched in firelight, bone-colored and fragile. Kael and I emerged from the ancient temple under a sky bruised with crimson dawn. Every leaf and stone trembled in the aftermath of the ritual, as if Red Hollow itself was recalibrating.

The Thornbane dagger, freshly holstered and humming with new power, felt both lighter and heavier in my hand. Light, because the curse had been healed, reforged; heavy, because the world now depended on our success. No turning back.

We walked back to the clearing where the rest of our allies gathered. Selene, silent and watchful; my father, distant and introspective; the witch covenant and the lone vampire bat Edgar, its red eyes swept from shadow to light.

Selene approached first, expression unreadable. I braced for reprimand.

“Something changed,” she said quietly, voice calm but tense. “I sensed the magic bending toward you, but it’s stabilized now. Whole.”

Kael exhaled, shoulders relaxing a hair. “We did it.”

But there was no celebra
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