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Chapter 79

POV: Lira (Fragmented, but cohesive voice)

I wasn’t supposed to be here. That much, even the air seemed to know. The Crescent Vault, silent for centuries, loomed before me—its cold silver seal broken not by force, but by me. Not Isadora. Me.

The door hadn’t resisted. It had opened the moment I reach...