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CHAPTER 134: A LIFT IN THE HEART

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The weight of the crown that had once seemed so oppressive now felt lighter, like a heavy cloak shedding its weight with every step Arabela took. It was as though the decision, the moment of change, had unlocked something within her—a force stronger than she had imagined. Her gaze swept across the battlefield, where the light of dawn painted the land in shades of gold and crimson. The echoes of the past whispered in the wind, but she felt a stirring in her chest, a deep sense of something new. Something worth fighting for.

In the solitude of her chamber, she let out a breath she didn’t know she had been holding. Her fingers brushed lightly against the intricate patterns of her new cloak, the fabric soft and unfamiliar. She could feel the pulse of her power as it thrummed beneath her skin, growing with each passing day. But it wasn’t just the power that had changed her. It was the strength in her heart—the certainty of purpose—that had bloomed like a flower after a long, cold winter.

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