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In the Quiet of Ashes

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Chapter 26 – In the Quiet of Ashes

The night lay heavy over the stronghold, muffling the cries that had wrung the courtyard raw. Snow drifted again, soft and relentless, trying to bury the bloodstains as if the earth itself wanted to forget. But the air still tasted of iron, and no silence could wash away the memory of screams.

Aria sat on the edge of the bed, her hands limp in her lap. The fire in the hearth cracked and hissed, but the warmth never reached the chill that had settled deep in her bones. Her sword leaned forgotten against the wall, the steel dulled by blood she hadn’t had the strength to clean.

Kieran knelt before her, his fingers steady though his face was drawn tight with exhaustion. He had stripped away the tatters of her battle-worn clothes and was binding the gash along her ribs with strips of linen. His touch was careful, reverent even, but each brush of his hand made her flinch—not from pain, but from the storm pressing harder in her chest.

“You should rest,”
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