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Author: Western.R
last update publish date: 2026-02-06 23:24:34

Lyra's POV

I woke up gradually, my head hurting so badly that it felt like someone was smashing me over the head with a hammer, again and again.

Initially I thought my eyes were shut. But as I reached for a way to muster them wider, further open, I saw with rising horror that they were already open.

I was in pitch darkness. Not night-dark, where shapes and shadows still exist. This was the complete lack of all light, the Void that the cultists so feared.

I struggled to move, but heavy chains we
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