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Chapter 98 Last Hurrah

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last update Last Updated: 2026-02-02 01:41:29

*King Alexander*

This damn cold.

The curse barely passed his lips, rough as tree bark, dry as autumn leaves crushed underfoot. It emerged on a whisper of breath so thin it might have been imagination, might have been the wind rattling through stone gaps. But he felt it everywhere. In his bones where marrow had turned to ice. In joints that creaked like rusted hinges. Even beneath the mountain of furs and woolen blankets that pressed down on him like packed earth, Alexander shivered.

Despite pelts from northern wolves and quilts stuffed with goose down, despite the fire that never stopped burning, Alexander was cold. He was always cold now. The kind of cold that came from inside, that no amount of external heat could touch. And always tired.

Gods, was he so tired.

Each breath rattled its way up from somewhere deep and wet—a sound like drowning in reverse, like something being dragged from the bottom of a well. His chest ached with the effort, every inhale catching on the brittle cage
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