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Mercy

Author: Chibaby
last update publish date: 2026-08-16 23:18:52

Chapter Eighteen: Mercy

The border was silent.

Everyone watched Seraphina. She stood alone, her hands raised, her face streaked with tears. She looked nothing like the cold, calculating woman who had destroyed Maya's life.

She looked broken.

Maya stepped forward. Xavier grabbed her arm.

"Don't," he said. "It could be a trap."

"I know." She pulled free. "But I need to see."

She walked toward the border. Her heart pounded. Kaelen paced beneath her skin.

Seraphina looked up. Her ice-blue eyes were
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