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Chapter Twelve: Knocks No Longer

The door opened with a soft creak.

Freya, half-bent over the laundry basket in her living room, looked up to see Axir step inside. He didn’t hesitate, didn’t linger on the threshold—he simply walked in as though the walls already recognized him. He smelled faintly of ash and metal again, his jacket...