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Chapter 273

Penulis: Zesty Zing
Caleb watched from the side, his heart lodged in his throat. He understood the dangers of his own method better than anyone. But he was a physician first. Martial training had always come second to him, little more than a way to maintain his health.

Even so, he had never seen anything like this.

Sirius' legs were being forced apart as though invisible hands were tearing at them, with nothing to blunt the agony. The veins bulging beneath his skin and the sweat drenching his clothes made the ext
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