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CHAPTER 58: THE PRICE OF PROTECTION
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2026-06-20 12:33:01
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The Alpha Who Rejected Me CHAPTER 78: THE TECTONIC BLAST
TANYA’S POV The blistering, orange glare radiating from Kaelen’s chained body was melting the air inside the tunnel. The heat was unnatural, a roaring solar furnace that turned our silver suppression payloads into useless gray steam before the gas could clear the bars of the portcullis. My skin felt tight, blistering beneath the heavy wool of my cloak as the sulfurous fog evaporated into a choking white mist that smelled of scorched ozone and hot iron. "The fuse!" I shrieked, scrambling backward over the loose, shifting shale as the timber braces above our heads groaned under the sudden, localized thermal expansion. "Ignite the alchemical payloads now! Do not wait for the infantry lines to clear!" "Lady Tanya, our own vanguard engineers are still inside the secondary shaft!" the lead vanguard captain yelled, his face slick with sweat, his fingers slipping on the copper casing of the eclipse explosive cylinder. "The blast radius will bury them alive! We haven't cleared the bottle
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