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Chapter 7: The Watchers Hesitate

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The silence the Watcher left behind was worse than its presence.

Seraphina could still feel the echo of it—like frost pressed into stone, like eyes that never truly turned away. The stronghold breathed again, but uneasily, as if bracing for a second strike that might come at any moment.

Darius did not move.

He stood where the Watcher had vanished, shoulders rigid, fists clenched at his sides. The firelight caught the sharp planes of his face, carving shadows that made him look older, harder—like a man who had just been handed a truth he’d spent years outrunning.

“Containment,” he said quietly.

The word was not spoken to Seraphina, nor to Maera. It was dragged from somewhere deep, like a splinter being torn free.

Maera broke the silence first. “I warned the council years ago,” she said grimly. “They didn’t listen. They never do.”

Darius finally turned. His eyes found Seraphina immediately, as if the rest of the world had faded into irrelevance. “They knew,” he said. “All this ti
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