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The Betrothed Alpha
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2026-07-18 07:30:54Haydee
Bloodpine did not look like a place that had ever betrayed anyone.
That was the first thing I held against it.
White stone, scrubbed pale as bone. Corridors where every candle stood the same height and every servant moved without sound. No dust dared settle here. No voice rose. After the noise of Silvercrest and the dark of Nightfall, Bloodpine met me with the hush of a held breath, and I did not trust a house so quiet.
Carmen's war
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