Chapter 9: The Vanishing Sovereign

Chapter 9: The Vanishing Sovereign

Chapter 9

For a moment, Kael Vaughn could not move. The clearing stood in ruins around him, broken trees scattered across scorched ground, the air still carrying the fading traces of golden light. Only seconds ago, Ariana had been there. Now there was nothing. The absence hit harder than the chaos that came before, leaving a hollow pressure in his chest that refused to settle.

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