Chapter 33

Yuuji was still holding Seraine’s badge.

The gate breathed cold air up the stone steps. Gerald burned low and urgent at Kael’s wrist. Elira stood two steps behind Yuuji with her hand already raised, frost forming at her fingertips, ready.

"Okay," Yuuji said. "We go in. Together. We find Seraine, we find whatever’s down there, and we—"

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