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Chapter 23: I Know Her Father

Amira Lights
last update Veröffentlichungsdatum: 10.03.2026 23:10:41

"But," Aiden said.

Edmund looked at him. "But she pulled you in. All three of you. Without knowing she was doing it." He set his mug down. "Which means whatever she is....whatever is in her blood, her father's line, her mother's exposure....she is not entirely ordinary. Whatever that means for the bond, I don't know yet."

"You don't know yet," Alaric said.

"I'm old," Edmund said. "Not omniscient."

Archer turned from the window. "What about The Vigil."

Edmund's expression shifted.

"They've been
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