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Chapter 136 – The Weight of Unchosen Power

Author: Steven Gloria
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The newborn god inhaled sharply.

“It answers her.”

Kieran’s face went pale.

“No.”

“Yes,” the newborn god said quietly. “It answers her.”

I opened my eyes.

“I do not understand.”

“You are stabilizing without authority,” he said.

“That is impossible,” Kieran replied.

“Not impossible,” the newborn god said. “Different.”

Another tremor.

Justice flickered again.

This time it was worse.

I felt the pull before anyone spoke.

It tugged at me.

Urgent.

“If you feel it, respond,” Kieran said quickly.

“You
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