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The Last Gambit

Author: Sherry Cole
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-15 09:12:01

Over the next week, I didn't tell anyone about the accelerated aging, but they figured it out anyway.

Zane first, he noticed when I sighed as if exhausted from power that should have been simple to maintain. Then Aurora and Atlas, whose perceptiveness was unsettling.

"Why does Mama smell older?" Atlas asked.

I didn't lie. I learned that from dealing with Primordials, lies only complicated things.

"Because I used magic from the Primordial Prison, and it cost me time."

"How much time?" Aurora demanded.

"I don't know exactly. But less than I'd like."

"Then we need to beat them fast," Atlas said matter-of-factly. "Before you run out of time."

If only it were that simple.

The attacks continued, but they had changed in nature. Instead of probing assaults, the Primordials were now being openly aggressive. Large forces, coordinated attacks, clear intent to break through our defenses permanently.

And they were winning.

By the end of the second week, we'd lost three outer settlements. By the en
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