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Chapter 50_The spiral temple

Author: Rachi
last update publish date: 2026-11-13 18:44:02

~~Isolde~~

Day Four

Lyra should have been swaddled, small enough to fit inside the curve of Riven's forearm.

Instead, she walked ahead of her parents on steady toddler legs, her silver-white hair brushing her shoulders. Her bare feet made no sound against the frost-covered pine needles.

The forest had fallen silent.

It was the kind of silence that came when something older than the wolves was listening.

"This way," Lyra said.

Her voice was no longer quite a baby's, yet it carried the innocence
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