Chapter 117: Stolen Blood CASSIAN’S POV A sharp knock on the tent pole tore through the heavy silence of pre-dawn, yanking me violently from sleep. My eyes snapped open as shadows instinctively surged to life around my fingers, dark tendrils twisting like living smoke, ready to crush windpipes or tear flesh at the slightest threat. For a moment, the world was nothing but instinct and power. Then the chill night air seeped in through the heavy fabric walls of my room, carrying the faint scent of pine, damp earth, and the dying smoke of campfires. Gray morning light filtered weakly through the seams, painting everything in muted tones. I sat up slowly, rubbing a hand over my face to banish the remnants of uneasy dreams, dreams of altars slick with blood and stars burning red in a fractured sky.“Enter,” I called, voice low and edged with warning.Kael pushed through the tent flap, his boots leaving trails of fresh dust on the woven rugs. His face was grim, jaw tight, clothes stained
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