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CHAPTER 89: The Vision

Penulis: Evve
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-17 04:51:05

POV: Guller

To see the future was to mourn it before it happened.

That was the curse of the Shaman. We did not just witness time; we felt the weight of it. We felt the grief of widows before their husbands died.

The crushing pressure in the chest. The emptiness in the bed. We felt the heat of the fire before the match was struck. The blistering of skin. The smoke in the lungs.

And right now, touching Neoma’s convulsing form, I felt the end of the world.

"Get back!" I shouted. Though I knew my v
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