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Chapter 36: The Rescue

Author: Meminger
last update publish date: 2026-04-29 00:32:31

Hecate POV

Hours passed. Or perhaps it was only minutes. Time had lost all meaning in the white silence of the storm.

The snow eventually stopped falling, but the cold remained, a living thing that clawed through my robes and seeped into my bones. My fingers were numb around the reins. My face was raw from the wind. But I did not stop searching.

The silver thread from the tracking spell still glowed faintly ahead of us, pulling me deeper into the rogue forest. Aileen was alive. I could feel her
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