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Chapter Twenty-Seven – The Web Tightens

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The forest had changed. What had once been a familiar path through ancient trees and tangled roots now felt like a labyrinth designed to entrap, suffocate, and disorient. Mist curled around the gnarled branches, thickening into unnatural shapes, obscuring vision and amplifying every sound—the snap of a twig, the distant cry of a bird, even the rhythmic fall of their own footsteps. Adrian led Elena and Marcus, his senses stretched taut, every nerve alert. They had survived previous attacks, but the Commander’s obsession had only grown. Each encounter had sharpened her cunning, teaching her the weaknesses and limits of her adversaries. He could feel her presence like a physical weight pressing on the edges of his mind, whispering promises and threats in the spaces between thoughts. You can not escape. You belong to me. You can not protect her. You will fail.

Elena’s arrows were nocked and ready, her posture fluid, eyes scanning every movement in the shadows. Her breathing was steady,
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