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Chapter 28: Training in Darkness

Author: Draven X
last update publish date: 2026-05-25 23:32:55

POV: Dante

I woke up to an empty bed.

The sheets were still warm where Elara had been, the faint scent of jasmine and silk lingering in the cold underground air. My hand moved instinctively across the mattress, searching for her before my mind fully caught up.

Gone.

My jaw tightened instantly.

The underground safe house was silent except for the low mechanical hum of the ventilation system hidden behind reinforced walls. No voices, no footsteps, no movement.

A dark coil of unease twisted violen
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