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Chapter 20: Marked by Fire

作者: Amara Black
last update 公開日: 2025-06-28 20:05:18

The halls of the Shadow Keep burned with tension, both literal and metaphorical. Flames crackled from the torches mounted along the corridor walls, but beneath their warm glow, Aurora felt the coldness of truth sinking into her bones.

She had barely slept since her confrontation with Lucien. The revelation about her mother had shattered something inside her—something vital. She wasn’t just a hidden royal. She was Shadowborne. The very blood that flowed through Lucien, through the ones she was t
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