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Chapter 16

Author: Joe Michael
last update publish date: 2026-07-21 22:03:41

The Secret Within the Bond

Rowan's POV

The First King's Road disappeared behind us before the sun reached its highest point, but we never continued to the sanctuary.

Not after what happened, not after my body betrayed me. I remembered the battle, the arrows and the sound of steel against steel. The strange power that had erupted from my hands and then...nothing but only darkness.

When I opened my eyes again, I was no longer in the frozen trees, but I was inside the Northern Castle. My first tho
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