“She’s waking.” Kael’s voice was low and rough, as if he hadn’t spoken in hours. Alessia blinked slowly, her vision swimming in blurred streaks of gold and shadow. The world felt softer than the battlefield, quieter, warmer.She shifted slightly, realizing she was lying in someone’s arms.Kael’s arms.Her head rested against his chest, his heartbeat loud and frantic beneath her ear. His shadows curled protectively around them like living armor.Alessia breathed in slowly. “Kael?”His head lowered immediately, his forehead almost touching hers. “Alessia, stay still. You passed out for too long.”“How long?” she murmured.His jaw clenched. “Too long.”Ianthe’s voice echoed nearby. “She means in actual numbers, Kael, not in your overprotective nonsense.”Eryx added, “Thirty minutes. Maybe a little more. You’ve been unconscious since the collapse.”Seraphine sniffled loudly from somewhere to the left. “I—I made pastries while we waited. Emergency pastries.”Rian added, “I think I blacked
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