The question hung in the air like a blade.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCWiUs0ywo
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Cel's breath stopped.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY35n5mqAY
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His mind went blank - then exploded.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pQykA1xOf
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She knew. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCN77kJXB3M
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Silent Moon materialized in his grip before conscious thought caught up. Four phases ignited along the blade as his body moved on pure instinct, cutting toward her throat in a strike meant to kill. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sGbraidI1
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Hestia's weapon appeared instantly, intercepting his attack with a sharp ring of steel. Her eyes went wide - not with fear, but shock.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyr0loj8NR
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Then they hardened.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XN4YNjsUA
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Her longsword redirected his blade with brutal efficiency. She spun away, creating distance, settling into a combat stance.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJmRR4DxcD
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Cel pressed forward, each strike powered by the full weight of his divinely enhanced strength. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUolMpF6m8
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The impact of their blades meeting sent shockwaves through the training ground. Hestia's arms trembled from the force, her boots skidding backward across packed earth.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡul8ff6LDtj
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She'd never felt this from him before. The true weight behind his attacks.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCxHTECs3g
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Her crimson eyes blazed with focus as she adjusted her stance, blade rising to meet his next strike.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuMYo1AZdn
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He came at her like a beast - wild, uncontrolled, full of openings any skilled fighter could exploit.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuQZNpbw9Z
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But the sheer power behind each blow made exploitation impossible.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1QdkOZJFq
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Hestia deflected a horizontal slash and pivoted, attempting to circle into his blind spot. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iFEJG1abs
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Cel turned with her instantly. Silent Moon traced patterns meant to overwhelm through pure aggression, each strike flowing into the next without losing pace.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjpJxcdGqY
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Hestia's superior technique kept her alive. She redirected rather than blocked, deflected rather than met his strikes head-on. Her footwork carried her through angles that should have been impossible, blade weaving defensive patterns that turned aside attacks meant to break bone.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFcnBMmsUa
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Still, she was losing ground.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcLYnuUweA
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Each deflection cost her. Each redirection pushed her closer to the edge of her capabilities. Against anyone else, her skill would have been enough.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlnryCJh7N
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But against this - against the full weight of a divinely forged body with nothing held back - it wasn't.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9q4YSX7p98
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A wild overhead strike came down with enough force to split stone. She caught it on her crossguard and the impact drove her to one knee.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VDEYruKWb
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Cel's boot lashed out, catching her in the ribs.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfAX5XCV11
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The kick sent her sprawling. She crashed into the dirt, gasping, vision blurring.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibCAjOZ1a4
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Silent Moon descended in an arc.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eAUmq0tzM
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Hestia's longsword met it at an angle, barely redirecting the blow past her shoulder. The edge sliced through strands of black hair - several locks drifted to the ground, severed clean. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFXI4jczhB
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She spun inside his guard, blade rising toward his exposed side—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBG3Ig364WO
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His hand shot out.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxCgDNkskD
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Fingers closed on her wrist, already blooming with frost. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaTnbRFXWa
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The world shattered.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdHJNLDDgu
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A boy lay broken on ash-covered ground.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwcCtbbXkp
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Brown hair matted with blood and gray dust. His torso torn open - massive gouges where claws had ripped through flesh and bone. One arm bent at an impossible angle. His face turned skyward, eyes glazed and unseeing.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO7u3DpGnS
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Blood pooled beneath him in dark streams, soaking into the ash. His chest rose and fell in shallow, desperate gasps that accomplished nothing. Each breath bubbled wet through punctured lungs.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlO9tD1EVV3
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The boy's lips moved soundlessly, forming words no one would hear. His fingers twitched once against the ground, grasping for something that wasn't there. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYoazZayNc
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Then went still. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYvGkWPklM
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Death came quietly in that desolate place. Without ceremony. Without witness. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gmHPoZFPM
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Just a broken body bleeding into ash. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpLmXV28wx
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The vision released them.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83R3yGIINU
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Cel staggered backward, hand falling away from Hestia's wrist. His breathing came harsh and rapid, mind reeling from what he'd just witnessed.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡln7Nzit1R9
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‘That… was me.’42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThwK6rcNuU
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His death in the Ashlands. The moment after the creature had torn him apart. Before the trial. Before resurrection.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9v3OoBLkgq
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But how—why—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjzXnhgiNd
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Hestia stood motionless, eyes wide and uncomprehending. Her blade trembled in her grip. She stared at Cel like she'd never seen him before.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIW2IbVMT2
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Then her expression shifted.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0DanFh6f2
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Horror gave way to something colder. Harder.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHaAPeOkW1
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Her longsword came up, the crimson blade catching moonlight.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmihBvruhSb
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"Vile Demon."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0uLq7Y8Zx
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The word fell between them like a stone.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTFJZ8Tpe4
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Cel's grip tightened on Silent Moon. His mind still churned with confusion.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmGO8YwaBy
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But it didn't matter.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpE78UDeil4
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She knew something. Had seen something.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGkVKmkWwJ
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And she had to die for it.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeOzmRvANw
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He moved.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViXNdvePFF
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Hestia met him without hesitation.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsOwjgY71e
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Her blade moved with lethal precision, each movement flowing seamlessly into the next.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8sw6KAz3o
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Cel barely managed to raise Silent Moon in time.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzbPdMNYZC
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Her blade came in low, then high, then from an angle that should have been impossible. A three-strike combination executed in rapid succession. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjdeiNlob2
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Cel deflected the first two through pure instinct. The third slipped past his guard and opened a line across his shoulder.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahXtt3xErM
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Blood welled up, dark against his skin.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsBBgu3sTa
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Hestia pressed forward with renewed aggression, certainty burning cold in her eyes.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGMg33TbtM
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Cel's blade caught hers in a bind, forcing them face to face for a heartbeat.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8DKREY45p
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Then she broke free with a twist that nearly tore Silent Moon from his grip. Her follow-up strike came for his throat—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEKjLgPiWE
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Cel threw himself sideways, the blade missing by inches.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQG8o5vsNxy
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They circled each other now, both breathing hard. Blood dripped from Cel's shoulder. Black hair clung to Hestia's neck where his blade had cut it short. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Z9GVJuujg
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Neither spoke.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUrm74MaR2
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Just two people trying to kill each other beneath the indifferent moon.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXBLNh0wSk
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Cel moved first this time.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVk2i5DA0Ac
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Raw strength met perfect technique in a clash that sent tremors through the training ground.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCacJu1Z0XA
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Hestia's blade wove patterns meant exploit openings. Cel's strikes tried to overwhelm through sheer force.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVpxhIMbKy
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The gap between them had closed. Not in skill or strength - that remained as vast as ever - but in intent. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt38xr1sKYg
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Cel feinted left, then thrusted Silent Moon toward her heart with everything he had. The strike was meant to punch through ribs, to pierce lung and ventricle.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwPH2QLOcX
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Hestia read the feint. Her longsword came up not to deflect but to counter - blade aimed at the exposed flesh of his neck. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupddrWG3ZZ
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Silent Moon's edge found fabric at her chest. Her crimson blade touched skin at his throat.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdHAyw5xQI
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Lightning struck between them.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor61ojhZqa
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The bolt hit the ground with deafening thunder, pure white light searing across Cel's vision. The shockwave threw both of them backward like dolls.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVxrz6Vm6e
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Cel hit the earth hard enough to crater it. His bones rattled. His ears rang. Silent Moon skittered away across packed dirt.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuY7SVeDKx
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Through blurred vision, he saw Hestia sprawled several steps away, her weapon fallen from nerveless fingers.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKfdOm5hVe
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A figure stood in the smoking crater where the lightning had struck.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUJ7CAnjOB
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Esrin.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyVdz3yCHd
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Her ash-white hair stirred in wind that came from nowhere. Ruby eyes blazed with cold fury. Her glaive's blade drove into the earth between them, the weapon's length crackling with residual energy.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fD7d6ZFUb
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"What do you think you're doing?" Esrin's voice cut through the ringing in Cel's ears like a blade. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLrCwHe6Gk
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Neither of them answered immediately. Cel pushed himself to his feet, ribs protesting. Hestia rose more slowly, her crimson eyes never leaving Esrin's face. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqXbGbnQ5W
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"Lady Esrin." Hestia's voice came formal, controlled despite the violence moments before. "Forgive the disturbance. I discovered something during our sparring - this student is not what he appears. He's a demon." 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡak9ESbCSMm
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The certainty in her tone left no room for doubt. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJeI4T6JrF
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Esrin's expression didn't shift. "You're wrong."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBrfvhgQ8V
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Hestia's composure cracked slightly.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoF6thA1PU1
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"I can assure you - he is human."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhR53JIQpR
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"Lady Esrin, I assure you, my trait—" Hestia began, urgency creeping into her measured tone.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHKPoIEdIw
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"I don't care what your trait showed you." Esrin's voice carried absolute authority. "What I care about is that you just attempted to kill a fellow student based on an assumption."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Vq0zbPaHg
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Hestia went very still.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlBDbumFtU
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"Return to your dormitory," Esrin continued. "And reflect on what you did."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWptJyvr8b
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For a long moment, Hestia didn't move. Her crimson eyes remained fixed on Cel, searching for something - truth, deception, confirmation of her fears. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhZtxUoYoQ
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Then she dismissed her artifact into darkness and gave Esrin a deep, formal bow. "As you command, Lady Esrin." 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkW2IkIbtl
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Without another word, she turned and walked away, her steps steady despite the violence that had just occurred. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UqK8NOCQ6
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Cel watched her go, chest tight with emotions he couldn't name. Relief. Confusion. Residual fear.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJSedNokjR
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When she disappeared around a corner, Esrin's attention shifted to him fully.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg9yaU2xml
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The weight of her gaze made him want to step backward.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNnVcrLNkm
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"As for you…"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXVWHitUbh
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Cel's throat worked. "I—"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPkGJkp76U
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"Your task was to observe. To protect the other students if necessary." Her ruby eyes narrowed. "Not to fight them."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVT7wjsDZM
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"It just happened," Cel said. The excuse sounded weak even to his own ears. "I didn't mean—"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJQaUsfqvW
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"You didn't mean to attack her with lethal intent?" Esrin's tone could have frozen water. "Because that's what I witnessed."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZmWyAfhtL
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Cel's hands curled into fists at his sides. He forced them to relax.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ab2Dy0kxx
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"I'm sorry." The words came quiet. Genuine. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuEM6JIBd1
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"We voted to recruit you. That doesn't mean you're immune to consequences." Her voice dropped, carrying absolute certainty. "Step out of line again, and we won't bother voting. Are we clear?" 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hJW6icfO7
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Cel's breath caught. "Yes." 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhRU7Ljur6
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Esrin studied him for a long moment, expression unreadable.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEROucuozQC
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Then she sighed - a sound so subtle he almost missed it. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnokhDoxKh
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Cel’s gaze drifted toward where Hestia had disappeared.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kTvEWF14N
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"What did she mean?" he asked. "About demons. What are they?" 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZEyAdYli4
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Esrin opened her mouth to answer— 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIqBqARY5B
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Then her head snapped sideways. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxf8WwahePL
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The movement was so sudden, so complete, that Cel's breath caught. Every line of her body had gone tense, focused on something he couldn't perceive.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNj4BMoFKT
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"What—"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetlzVhdbvl
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A bell tolled.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKKpJNzovo
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Deep. Resonant. The sound rolled across the Academy grounds from somewhere in the city.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySYkdTcuq3
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Once. Twice. Three times.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7eWoRTy3H
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Cel's brow furrowed. "What is that?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgKwmRmmOd
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"A good opportunity." White wings erupted from her back in an explosion of light and feathers. Her hand closed on the back of his collar. "You're coming with me."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EA6C2LjmF
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"What opportun—" 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5gbMLBdct
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Then the world lurched.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSs3ofmhnw
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Wind screamed past his ears. The training ground was gone - replaced by open sky stretching in every direction. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mqsSWtwZH
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Esrin held him like a cat - one hand gripping his collar, his entire body dangling uselessly in her grasp.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAeqQ3UMWN
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Terror flooded through him in cold waves.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWCKQBrEZ1
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'Too high too high too high—'42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmucRqkvBDO
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His hands scrabbled for purchase against her arm, finding nothing. Below, the Academy had already shrunk to toy-size. The capital sprawled out in every direction, lights twinkling like distant stars.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iqsTbyGrE
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Esrin ignored him completely. Her ruby eyes scanned the landscape ahead with clinical precision, tracking something he couldn't see.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hBX9Fulid
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"There."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuDx67umQK
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She banked sharply. Cel's body swung out from the momentum, gravity trying its best to claim him. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡde3AwDDA4h
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He was going to die. Going to fall. Going to— 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq182iBSM3P
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Impact. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNUXNlXTbk
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Cel hit the ground, legs giving out immediately. He sprawled face-first across dirt, chest heaving, heart trying to hammer its way through his ribs. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrXwg1HF8S
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Solid ground. Beautiful, wonderful, stable ground. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJeFQd0Q1A
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Slowly - so slowly - his breathing steadied. His vision stopped swimming. He pushed himself upright on shaking arms. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJjc9uiZWD
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And froze. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehIrU68WYn
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Reality had split open ahead of him - a wound hanging in the air above empty ground. 42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXq5yI6BGrB
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