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Chapter Sixty-Six: The Power Within

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THE REJECTED MATE IS THE MOON GODDESS'S DAUGHTER

Chapter Sixty-Six: The Power Within

Sophia POV

The boots don't move.

Light still lies over my hands like cold milk. I can't remember when I last breathed. Outside the door, a man shifts his weight and the landing board answers, and I understand he's waiting for the light under the door to go on being there, so he can be sure.

On the table beside the bed sit the jug and the tin cup the guard brought at dusk. Slow the breath until the surface goes
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