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Chapter 35

Author: VJ
last update publish date: 2026-04-17 23:31:15

CORALINA'S POV

The gold leaf on the ceiling seems to sweat under the heat of a thousand high-intensity bulbs, but the temperature in the room plummets the moment the double doors at the far end of the hall groan open. It isn’t a person who enters; it is an atmosphere. A gravity.

The Everest Patriarch doesn’t walk so much as he claims the floor beneath his feet. He is a titan carved from granite and tailored in wool that costs more than my entire education. His hair is a shock of silver, his fac
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