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Chapter 37: Flight

작가: Michael Moore
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Nyra's POV

We run.

The moment Kael reads that letter aloud, something cold and certain settles over me. Not panic. I left panic behind in Shadowpine five years ago. What replaces it now is the thing that kept me alive then: instinct, calculation, and the quiet decision to move before anyone can take the choice from me.

"Get your boots," I say.

Kael looks at me. "Nyra."

"Now, Kael."

He doesn't argue. That surprises me more than it should.

Mira, standing in the hallway with her dark eyes sharp an
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