ElaraThe midnight silence that held the master penthouse was deep and unyielding, a vast, velvety shroud broken only by the steady, electric thrum of the wall terminal.I sat cross-legged on the dark silk sheets, the low blue light casting sharp, geometric shadows over the smooth plastic casing of my personal communication pad. The real-time border diagnostics continued to scroll past in perfect, unblinking rows of green baseline indicators. Outside the heavy glass balcony panels, the mountain wind carried the sharp, icy scent of incoming rain from the northern gaps, but the storm felt distant, completely locked outside the heavy perimeter spikes we had driven into the granite. The old, frantic survival static that had dictated my pulse since childhood was entirely extinct, replaced by the heavy, cold certainty of our sovereign line.Beneath my ribs, Nyx sat entirely unburdened at the absolute forefront of my mind, her massive midnight-black head resting over her paws as her phantom
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