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Chapter 49 — What Kneels, What Hunts

Author: Mk
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-01-15 14:25:21

Silence did not mean peace.

It meant recalibration.

The ruins stood unnaturally still after the sigils shattered, dust settling slowly as if the land itself were catching its breath. Aria remained at the center of it, power humming low and steady beneath her skin, her pulse still racing but no longer out of control.

Around her, the rogues stared.

Some knelt without realizing they were doing it.

Others simply bowed their heads, hands pressed to their chests as if grounding themselves against a r
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