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Chapter 178: The Shattered Iron

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last update Data de publicação: 2026-05-29 10:00:16

(Kastor POV)

The first thing that returned to me wasn't sight, but the agonizing taste of copper and burnt hair.

My eyes flew open, the harsh, white fluorescent lights of the Ironclaw medical wing cutting into my retinas like twin silver blades. I let out a sharp, ragged gasp, my chest heaving against the heavy leather restraints bound across the sterile cot. Every rib felt like it had been systematically cracked and re-set with lead.

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