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Chapter One Hundred and Sixty-Three: The Eleventh Guardian

Author: Bello Aminu
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-07-22 17:26:07

The old man paused in the doorway, allowing his eyes to adjust to the warm light inside the cottage. His hair had turned completely white, and the walking stick in his hand suggested the passing of many difficult years, yet there was nothing frail about him. He carried himself with the quiet confidence of someone who had long ago accepted exactly who he was and why he had come.

Ward remained frozen. "It can't be you."

A faint smile appeared on the old man's face. "I've heard those words more of
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