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CHAPTER 16

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They don’t speak when I walk past anymore.

They move.

Fast.

The moment I step into the corridor, space opens around me without a single command. No hesitation. No questions.

Just instinct.

Fear.

Good.

I don’t rush.

I let it settle into them. Let them feel it fully—this shift they don’t understand yet but already obey.

Eyes follow me.

But none hold.

No one reaches for me now.

No one tries.

Voices cut through the silence ahead.

Low. Controlled.

Close to breaking.

I don’t need to guess.

Alaric.

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