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Chapter 15: The Inner Ring

Penulis: Splendid Writes
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-10-23 03:41:27

POV: Lyra Mooncrest

You cannot hold a fortress alone, no matter how much food you store in your vaults.

I stood at the head of the wooden table inside the newly warm Silver Ridge command room. Through the thick glass window behind me, the arctic gale raged against our reinforced stone walls, but inside, steam rose quietly from the floor vents. The geothermal pipes beneath our feet hummed with continuous, soothing heat, keeping the room at a comfortable seventy degrees while the world outside tu
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