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The Ritual of Binding: An Unbreakable Connection

The following morning dawned with an unsettling stillness. Seraphina woke in her own chambers, having been returned there sometime before dawn, presumably by Darius's quiet command. Her body ached, a deep, pervasive soreness that went beyond mere physical exertion. It was a resonance, a humming bene...