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Book 2 - Chapter 36
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Chapter 36 - Desperation
Aero
I went back to the castle with high hopes of the future: me, Serena, our children, and Elijah, Rhea and their children, living, surrounded by love, and running the kingdom in harmony and peace. It was the best vision of the future I could ever hope for.
This was what I held onto to keep me sane; to keep me from trashing the whole castle or the mountains of Phanteon.
When Elijah and I still talked, like a big brother, I concealed the chaos brewing inside me. I didn’t want him to worry. I didn’t want him to see how on edge I was with all these revelations popping in one day.
But now, as I stood alone inside my chamber, the walls started to close in on me. I gripped the cushion of my sofa and with my retracted claws, tore some of it out and tossed it into the burning logs. The blazing fire thereafter covered
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