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Chapter 68 : Kieran's Truth

Author: L.M.Daveth
last update publish date: 2026-03-06 03:31:14

Lena's POV

I felt the bond go quiet at 3 AM.

Not severed. Not broken. Just suddenly, completely still in a way it had never been before. Like a river that had been running constantly behind my awareness for months and then between one breath and the next simply stopped making sound.

I sat up in the dark.

Darion.

I reached through and he was there. Somewhere. The warmth was still present but muffled, like trying to hear someone speak through several walls of solid stone. Close enough to confirm
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