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CHAPTER 123 — THE MOMENT FIRE LEARNS ITS NAME

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The storm did not pass in the night.

It lingered, stubborn and unrelenting, pressing rain against stone and glass with a persistence that felt intentional, as though the sky itself had decided to participate in whatever fracture had begun beneath it. Thunder rolled low and distant, not violent enough to shock, but constant enough to remind everyone inside the estate that the world beyond its walls was no longer calm, no longer neutral.

Liana woke to that sound, the dull echo vibrating through the structure, settling into her bones before her eyes even opened. For a moment, she lay still, listening to the rhythm of the rain and the faraway hum of backup generators, aware with a clarity that startled her that this was no longer anticipation.

This was movement.

She rose slowly, letting the day take shape around her rather than rushing to meet it, because something inside her understood that haste would not help now. The storm had already accelerated things beyond anyone’s control. A
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