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CHAPTER 67: The Three Paths

Penulis: Gemma Writes
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-27 07:01:00

"You said three outcomes," Elder Marcus says when the chamber reassembles after the recess. "But you only described them generally. I want specifics."

Morgana looks at him with the patience of someone who has been waiting for this question and is not surprised it took this long to arrive.

The chamber is fuller than it was before the break. Word moved through the building during the recess the way word always moves through spaces where so

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