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Chapter 33 – Threads of Trust

Auteur: B.S. Turaki
last update Date de publication: 2026-03-21 01:47:05
Lyra's POV

I woke to the soft warmth lingering from the night before, the faint residual glow of Kaelen’s presence still clinging to the room. My shadows curled lazily along my legs, no longer tense or wary, as if they had finally allowed themselves to relax after the closeness we had shared. For a moment, I just stayed there, letting the calm sink in. Kaelen was already awake, the faint golden flicker of his light moving gently across the room as he practiced the smallest controlled outputs,
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