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Chapter Thirty-Six: The Whisper in the Dark

Penulis: Penelope Blue
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-12-13 22:38:37

Ryan sagged against the cave wall, breathing hard. The air around him was suddenly freezing, and each ragged breath released a small cloud of fog that rose in front of him. All around him, the walls were closing in as the whisper coiled through his skull like wisps of smoke. "Choose your side..."

Ryan squeezed his eyes shut and fisted his hair with both hands. No, he would not bend. He didn't need help. He didn't need her power, the seers, or that mysterious voice in the dark that felt like old
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