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Chapter 78: The Galactic Horizon

Author: Nova Quinn
last update publish date: 2026-04-25 19:14:20

The golden woman did not move from the center of the scorched plaza. Her presence was a physical weight, a frequency that hummed in the teeth of every shifter within a five-mile radius. Below the balcony, the crowd that had been celebrating the sunrise fell into a deathly, rhythmic silence, as if their newly awakened souls were synchronizing with her heartbeat.

"The Great Hunger?" Killian’s voice was low, his hand moving instinctively toward the hilt of his weapon before he caught himself. He w
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