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CHAPTER 29

Autor: Sunkissed
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-05-07 01:15:29

ARIA’S POV

The curse broke in pieces.

Not all at once — I’d imagined it would feel like something snapping, a single clean release. Instead it came apart the way ice did in spring, gradually, unevenly, sections giving way while others held. Some mornings I woke with my hands glowing faintly and the power so close to the surface it felt like breathing. Other mornings the old suppression pressed back down and I moved through training with my body fighting me the way it had for twenty-three yea
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