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Chapter 38: Someone Tries Poisoning Eli

Author: Nenye Mark
last update Huling Na-update: 2026-01-05 02:34:33

White faded to gray.

Then to pain.

Dominic returned to himself in fragments. Sound came first, a high, keening whine like metal under strain. Then the light, too bright and wrong. Then the taste of copper flooding his mouth. He tried to sit up, and the room lurched violently.

“No, don’t,” a voice said, sharp with urgency. “Stay still.”

Hands pressed his shoulders back down. A woman’s face hovered into focus, Dr. Rowan, her expression tight, her professional calm stretched thin.

“The partition d
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