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Chapter 29

Auteur: Athena David
last update Date de publication: 2026-04-08 16:01:44

The wind changed that night.

It carried a sound that did not belong to the world, a low murmur that threaded through the castle corridors, slipping beneath doors and curling around sleeping minds. Some guards woke with unease. Others dreamed of shadows rising from the ground.

Elara did not sleep at all.

She sat near the balcony of her chamber, knees drawn close, staring into the distant darkness where the Evershadow Forest lay hidden. The whisper from earlier had not faded. If anything, it h
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