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THE SILVER LINING CHAPTER 49

Author: MIKS DELOSO
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-29 18:54:34

The soldiers looked around at one another now, fear blooming.

"We have moldy silos of grain," said another man, stepping forward. "Our saltwater is black. We drag bodies of fish out of the river now. Bodies with runes carved on their chests."

One of the elders pounded his cane on the ground. "We are cursed! And we know why! This began the night Luna Krishna was judged!"

Perfera's words pierced the air, honey and steel. "She was a witch. She claimed it. You all saw what she became."

"And what have we become, Perfera?" spat the old priestess.

The hall was silent.

Miyal clutched the arms of his throne. His breathing was harder now. Something in his chest shifted—memories like ice compressing. Krishna's green eyes. Her shriek in the flames. Her voice wailing out his name, again and again, until the fire consumed it.

But the spell tightened tighter.

Perfera leaned in, brushing a kiss against the back of his ear. "Don't listen to them, my love. You did what you had to do. You are stronger w
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