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Author: Western.R
last update publish date: 2026-01-21 05:02:58

Lyra pov

I sighed, the sound leaving me like the last breath of a dying thing.

“I don’t know what’s going on anymore,” I said quietly, staring at the flickering lantern between us, “but as you can see… I’m not dead.”

Draven leaned back in his chair, one arm draped over the backrest, golden eyes fixed on me like he was trying to read every fracture in my soul.

“You’re telling me?” he said, one brow lifting. “From all indications, you were very convincingly dead. Funeral, tears, speeches, a cask
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