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Chapter 81: Tomb's First Breath

Penulis: R.J. Sterling
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-02-22 09:20:28
The blizzard swallowed the glass. Then—nothing.

The silence hit harder than any scream. Leo’s coat hem slipped through my fingers like smoke, leaving me clutching at a vacuum of air that tasted of absolute zero.

One second, the storm was a thousand howling voices from the past. The next, the world simply ceased to breathe. No wind. No roar. Just a heavy, unnatural stillness that pressed against my eardrums until they throbbed with a rhythmic, sickening pressure.

I sat frozen, my right hand still
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