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Chapter 58.

Author: Jelly Bean
last update publish date: 2026-09-22 15:24:41

MERRYN

The world stayed different after the light disappeared. I could still feel the threads.

They ran beneath the garden like invisible veins, crossing through the earth and disappearing beneath the palace walls.

Some were bright and steady. Others were so faint that I could barely sense them.

I slowly lowered my hand.

“Rhydian.”

“I’m here.”

“Something happened.”

“I know.”

I looked at him.

“I could feel everything.”

His expression remained focused.

“What did you feel?”

“The wards. The ground
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