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Chapter 173 Crumbling

Author: Judith GW
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Tara

I don’t realize I’ve moved until I feel the tension coiled in my muscles, my body poised like a predator ready to strike. My fingers are curled, nails digging into my palms, and my breath is coming too fast, too sharp.

Across from me, Nixie is speaking, her voice a distant murmur beneath the pounding in my skull. It takes me a moment to register my raised hand, fingers curled like claws and aimed at her throat.

A violent shudder rips through me as I yank myself backward, stumbling away from Nixie as though burned. My heart slams against my ribs, my vision swimming. What the hell am I doing?

“Tara?” Nixie’s voice is sharp with alarm, her brows knitting together as she studies me. “What the hell was that? It looked like you were on the verge of attacking me.”

I shake my head, folding my trembling arms across my chest. I don’t know what’s happening to me, but I would never physically harm anyone. “I…No, of course not. It was a-a-a spasm.”

But Morgana’s laughter echoes in my mind, lo
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