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Chapter 71

Author: Shana Allen
last update publish date: 2026-05-17 22:52:51
OCTAVIA.

The world tunneled until everything around me blurred into insignificance. The trees. The warriors. The cold night air scraping against my skin. None of it mattered.

All I could see was the girl pinned to the tree.

Blood dripped slowly from the iron spikes embedded through her wrists, pattering softly onto dead leaves below in a rhythmic sound that immediately made my stomach turn. The metallic scent saturated the clearing so heavily it coated the back of my throat, thick and nauseatin
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