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Chapter 17: Fractures

Point of View: Elara

The council chamber emptied like someone had ripped the soul out of it. Chairs scraped against the floor. Boots dragged. Nobody said a word, nobody dared look at me. Their eyes flicked to Damian, to the blood on his hands, but never to me.

I stayed where I was, my body pressed...