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CHAPTER 80

Penulis: GOLDEN TREE
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VEIL OF SHADOWS

“When darkness wears a familiar face, only truth can strip its guise.”

Morning light seeped into the courtyard, revealing shovels in fields, lanterns still lit, and the soft scent of warming bread. But beneath the calm lay simmering worry—Hannah still slept beneath healer’s drape, warded by runes and guardian prayers.

Elara lingered by her cot, fingers tracing the child’s silver hair. Lerder watched from the door, battle-scent mingling with loneliness.

Elara (voice quiet): “They tried to kill her.”

Lerder nodded. “We’ll stop them—before it’s too late.”

At first light, a dozen guards assembled near the boundary marker, joined by Caius and Goran.

Elara and Lerder stood before them.

Elara: “Our peace requires vigilance.”

She handed out tokens—wolf claw symbols and human insignias.

Elara: “Anyone caught with tainted goods, suspicious passes—deny entry.”

Lerder: “Protect her bed—and their dreams.”

They gazed at her—resolved.

Inside the chamber where Hannah slept, Lyra plac
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