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Chapter 10

Author: Peters
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-02 04:04:59

CHARLOTTE

The stone was cold and rough against my back as I pressed myself tighter into the shadows. My heartbeat thundered in my chest, so loud I was certain it would betray us. Lyra clung to my sleeve, her thin fingers trembling as we crouched behind the jagged slab of rock. Her eyes were wide, glistening with the kind of fear that spoke louder than any words her muted lips could utter.

And then, she came.

Emmalaine glided into the chamber with that dangerous elegance of hers, the hem of her crimson gown whispering against the stone floor. In her hand, she carried a lantern, its light casting eerie shapes against the carved walls smeared with dark symbols. She stopped before the altar and retrieved a small glass vial.

The liquid inside swirled unnaturally, black and glimmering, alive as though it breathed. She held it up with reverence and began to whisper incantations in a tongue that curled around my bones like frost. Each word tightened the air in the chamber, thickening it unti
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