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Chapter 145: The Next Claimant

Ashfall Before Dawn

Ashfall didn’t sleep.

Even with the rift sealed, even with Sera returned, the forest around them stayed unnaturally quiet. No wind. No wolves howling. Just the faint hum of something watching.

Kael stood at the camp’s edge, his eyes scanning the treeline. Every instinct in him...