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76 - A Promise Left Behind

Author: jasleepyhead
last update publish date: 2026-04-01 21:52:53

Aya's POV

I looked around and a slow, deliberate pulse moved through the ground beneath me—steady, ancient, aware. It wasn’t chaos anymore. It was control.

And then—

It reached for me.

Not with claws. Not with force.

With knowing..

Something slipped into my mind, quiet and absolute.

‘Not all of you can leave…’

My breath caught. My fingers tightened around Johanis’ face, grounding myself in the warmth that was still slipping away. Blood stained my hands, tacky and real.

Not this again.

Not anoth
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