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Chapter 22 – “Ashes and Answers”

The name haunted her lips the moment she woke.

Kian.

Not a whisper, not a dream—a memory.

Zara sat frozen in bed, staring at the light creeping across her stone floor. The fire had burned low, casting flickering shadows on the walls. Her hands shook, but not from fear.

From the weight of knowing.

He...