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CHAPTER 110: Open

Author: Timothy
last update publish date: 2026-10-08 14:47:59

“Open.”

The word came from beneath Seraphina’s feet.

She stopped breathing for a moment.

A black seam ran through the stone between her boots, thin enough to have passed for an old fracture. Now the edges were shifting. Stone scraped against stone as the gap widened, and a stream of cold air slipped through it, carrying the smell of wet earth, rust, and something metallic that stung the back of her throat.

Cael found her hand.

His fingers were cold and damp.

“Mother.”

Across from them, Elara re
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