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Chapter 139: The Crown That Breathes

The crown pulsed once.

Then again.

Elara stepped back, instinct screaming.

Rael pulled her behind him. “That thing… it’s alive.”

It moved.

Not rolling. Not shifting.

Breathing.

Faint tendrils of black mist curled from its edges, whispering in a language Elara didn’t understand—but her soul did...