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Chapter 112 — The Shift Holds

Author: B.S. Turaki
last update publish date: 2026-05-06 16:56:28

Lyra’s POV

The silence didn’t break. It settled. Not the kind that comes from uncertainty or hesitation, but something steadier, more deliberate, like the space itself had adjusted to a new state and no longer needed to question it.

I could feel Kaelen in front of me. Close. Focused. Waiting. But the urgency that should have pulled me toward him didn’t rise the way it used to. It registered, clear and present, but it didn’t override everything else. That was the difference. Everything felt… ord
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