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The Hunt I Cannot Refuse (Kael)

Author: Magdeleina Thomson
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-10-02 12:22:12

Sleep will not come.

I traded the bed for stone hours ago, letting the night make a blade of my spine against the cold balcony rail. Below, the courtyards are empty bowls, the torches thinning to embers. Beyond the walls, the forest stands like a jury. I have stood in these shadows before battles, counting the breaths between duty and blood. Those nights were simple: there was always an enemy I could touch.

Tonight the enemy is absence.

Her absence.

It has a gait. I can hear it pacing t
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