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Chapter Seven

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Mona's POV

The Shadow King's face was mine aged fifty years. Same bone structure, same unusual violet eyes that shifted color with emotion, even the same slight tilt to his smile that I'd seen in mirrors my whole life.

"Hello, granddaughter," he said, his voice like aged whiskey over gravel. "You're even more beautiful than Lyra."

Everyone froze. The portal flickered behind us, Aria maintaining it with visible strain.

"Go!" Marcus roared, launching phoenix fire at his father.

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