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chapter 23: THE TEMPLE

Author: M.Lance
last update publish date: 2026-05-01 23:17:55

Chapter 23: THE TEMPLE

The temple at dawn was a place of impossible beauty.

Stone pillars stood in a perfect circle, it was older than the infinity castle, older than the king's.

Hazel stood at the edge of the pool. Bare feet on the dew kissed grass. Cold. The pool was in the center as if it reflected the sky like a mirror, and the air smelled of earth and magic and something older.

"You are up early," Gaius said, emerging from the temple building, he stretched his broad shoulders. The moveme
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