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CHAPTER 121 – The Aftermath

Penulis: Joel J. Parker
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-30 20:29:58

Silvercrest did not wake gently.

It resumed like a system under strain, structured, tense, and watchful, as if the compound itself had learned to anticipate punishment.

Lyra opened her eyes before dawn fully settled into the stone corridors. For a moment, she simply lay still, listening to the distant movement beyond the walls. Footsteps passed in measured rhythm. Voices rose and fell too carefully, like everyone had agreed on silence without saying it aloud.

Something had changed overnight.

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