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Chapter thirty-one: Three Seconds

작가: V. Omoruyi
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ELIRA

The flicker lasted less than a heartbeat. Most of the crowd seemed to dismiss it as a draft catching the candles. I felt it differently, standing as close as I was.

I felt it in the sudden surge of the bond, sharp and electric, stronger than it had been in weeks. Like a door held shut for months suddenly swinging open.

Elira.

His voice in my mind was different this time. Not the strained, distant whisper I'd gotten used to. Something closer. Clearer.

I looked down at him. For one impossib
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