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Mobilizing The Shadows
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2026-07-15 07:00:03VALERIA.
The heavy, suffocating silence of the antechamber pressed down on me, broken only by the rhythmic, distant wail of the Citadel’s emergency sirens.Kaelen stood mere inches away, his massive, armored frame completely blocking out the light, his amber eyes boring into mine with a terrifying, unhinged intensity.I looked at him.And despite the hot, sluggish pulse of blood still soaking the left sleeve of my dress, despite the chaos fracturing the wor
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