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Chapter 103 The First Strike

Author: Aurora Lee
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-03-11 00:55:08

Malrec

The seam trembles again before dawn.

I feel it long before the scouts return to confirm it.

The barrier between realms has always had a rhythm to it. For centuries it pulsed like a distant heartbeat—faint, slow, nearly imperceptible unless one knew exactly where to listen.

Now it shudders like a living thing struggling against restraints.

The Madrigal girl is working the bridge again.

I stand on the ridge overlooking the valley where the seam bends through the mountains. The air here war
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