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Author: Western.R
last update publish date: 2026-03-27 04:10:30

Draven's POV

I reached the fortress with considerable reinforcements just as Cassian's first wave of assaults was obviously starting to buckle under sustained vicious enemy pressure. The forces of the old order were far more numerous, and much better prepared than any of our intelligence had indicated possible. This was not an impulsive opportunistic kidnapping operation. This was a coordinated military operation that had been executed systematically over months, if not years.

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    Draven's POVI could not breathe. Morgana's fingers were closing around my windpipe like steel rings, gradually cracking it into powdered bone. I struggled against her grip, but she didn't even react. Just smiled with those awful black eyes while Malachai’s voice purred out of her mouth.Basically,

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