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ChapterForty-Seven: What the Blood Remembers

Author: Damilare
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-09 06:02:11

Research into the Veiled Hollow's weakening containment consumed the following two months, Ivy dividing her time between Ashgrove and regular correspondence with Thornwood's own scholars, gradually piecing together fragments of understanding regarding exactly what this ancient binding required to hold, and what it might take to reinforce it before that ominous crack spread beyond any hope of repair.

"I believe I've found something significant," Ivy announced one crisp morning, arriving at Marla
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