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Chapter 106: When the Valley Bowed

Author: Jaxon Vale
last update publish date: 2026-02-28 20:07:15

The first arrow landed at my feet before dawn.

It split the stone between my boots and trembled there, humming with a faint silver glow.

A message.

Or a threat.

The courtyard had barely been repaired from last night’s chaos. Cracks still veined the ground where Kael had nearly torn it apart. Smoke drifted from braziers set around the Flame’s staircase. Guards lined the walls, tense.

And now the outer packs had arrived.

I bent and pulled the arrow free. A strip of dark cloth was tied to it, mark
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