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21. NOTHING BUT DUST

Aвтор: Paisley C
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RAVEN

The night had long settled like a heavy curtain over the rogue quarters, a damp, restless kind of silence curling around every stone and timber. The stale scent of old sweat and damp earth hung in the air, familiar, uncomfortable. My mattress was thin, the blanket scratchy, but it was a bed. And I had just begun to drift when I heard it—a soft, deliberate knock.

I sat up, heart tapping uncertainly against my ribs. No one knocked here. They barked, they cursed, they demanded. But this… this was something else. My bare feet met the cold floorboards and I moved quietly, instinctively, toward the window instead of the door. The sliver of moonlight carved sharp lines across the dusty floor as I pulled the curtain just enough to see.

Rowena.

Her face was pale even in the moonlight, and her lips were pressed so tightly together they’d gone white. Her eyes found mine instantly and held them. Something was wrong. Very wrong.

I cracked the window open just enough. “What is it?” I whispere
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  • Reclaiming His Fated Luna   41. VERMIN

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  • Reclaiming His Fated Luna   40. A CHILD WITH A BLADE

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  • Reclaiming His Fated Luna   37. TERRIBLE LIAR

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