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Chapter 12: The whispers of the Moon

The fortress never truly slept. Even at night, the howls of wolves echoed from the training grounds, and the clang of steel on steel rang faintly from distant courtyards. Yet for Elara, the nights seemed longer than days.

Sleep had become a fickle friend, always eluding her. Every creak of stone, e...