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Kaela Rises

Author: Winmo
last update publish date: 2026-05-24 04:58:18

~Lyra's POV~

I was halfway down the east corridor when the alarm sounded.

Not a full pack alarm. A low perimeter tone, the kind that meant something had tripped a border sensor rather than a full breach. Single pulse, then silence. Most people inside the main house wouldn't have registered it as urgent. It's the kind of sound that gets reported through proper channels, border warriors dispatched, confirmation sent back within ten minutes.

I registered it differently.

Something moved in my chest
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