Chapter 33: Beyond the Palace Walls

Chapter 33: Beyond the Palace Walls

Chapter Thirty Three

Days had bled into weeks since the combat trial, and the walls of Tom’s room were starting to feel like a cage. He sat on the edge of his bed, staring at his palms. His control over his basic traits had sharpened, and his flesh had become as tough as tempered steel under John’s brutal tutelage, but the primal, evolved power he had tasted during the trial remained locked away. Worst of all, his ability to shift was gone—stifled by the oppressive atmospheric domain of this realm.

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