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Chapter 21: Fractured Alliances

Author: Cece writes
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-07-24 19:17:26

The silence after the battle felt heavier than the fighting itself. A thick, suffocating stillness blanketed the valley, broken only by the crackle of distant embers and the slow, rhythmic dripping of cooling blood from broken armor. Corpses littered the bloodied field like discarded timber, a grisly testament to the price of defiance.

Aziel and Lior stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the crest of the blood-drenched ridge, watching the remaining enemies regroup in the hazy distance. The horizon was
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