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Kael’s Return

Author: Tyson Roy
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-13 17:26:35

His mount was blood-streaked. His armour, splintered and scuffed, bore the story of a journey through hell.

The gates of the keep yawned open in the predawn gloom, torchlight dancing off the ruined banners and splintered pikes. Kael Thorne rode in like the last storm of autumn, the world behind him stained and silent. The echo of his arrival rolled through the courtyard—first a whisper, then a hush so profound it made even the crows pause mid-call.

Behind Kael, slumped and shackled, a shadow trailed in his wake.

Talia Ravenshade.

The girl who once finished Elara’s sentences.

The girl who once shielded her from blades and palace whispers.

Now, she walked shackled in chains etched with silver runes, their magic pressing her to silence. A thin smear of blood marked her jaw, half-washed by rain. Her cloak, once as dark as a raven’s wing, dragged in the mud.

Kael’s own hands were stained, his gauntlets cracked, every inch of him screaming war. But it wasn’t his armour or the prisoner that
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