The question hung in the air like a blade.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGBwmWAL9i
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Cel's breath stopped.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5TLDoHdpn
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His mind went blank - then exploded.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzOu6qMNDZ
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She knew. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyusQ4AqHn
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOJBMtKsxx
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCUG1S25T9
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Then they hardened.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XphEDCGnt
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Her longsword redirected his blade with brutal efficiency. She spun away, creating distance, settling into a combat stance.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv93ar7QlC
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Cel pressed forward, each strike powered by the full weight of his divinely enhanced strength. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03GStS6moS
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpacnqZS2i
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She'd never felt this from him before. The true weight behind his attacks.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkJmhBksfa
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Her crimson eyes blazed with focus as she adjusted her stance, blade rising to meet his next strike.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuARsBZWEPz
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He came at her like a beast - wild, uncontrolled, full of openings any skilled fighter could exploit.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYo03J8gKKr
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But the sheer power behind each blow made exploitation impossible.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHUm0YYGRk
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Hestia deflected a horizontal slash and pivoted, attempting to circle into his blind spot. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea7nu7edr9
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7yBmwBKto
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6DaMVqUhD
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Still, she was losing ground.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIUOdS2tS9
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUwMoHRA2K
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But against this - against the full weight of a divinely forged body with nothing held back - it wasn't.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhKCMOtsYU
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBo2dznDRh
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Cel's boot lashed out, catching her in the ribs.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7Uk8iyALR
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The kick sent her sprawling. She crashed into the dirt, gasping, vision blurring.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl9xedGDeS
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Silent Moon descended in an arc.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIL0RwXnSS
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeC8NddUMrF
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She spun inside his guard, blade rising toward his exposed side—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxlgCYGiYr
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His hand shot out.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODL6T6UvUW
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Fingers closed on her wrist, already blooming with frost. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFytIbVMLJ
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The world shattered.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJnXacDeMEn
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A boy lay broken on ash-covered ground.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOTAJBW7eU
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL2gzZAX4z
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPs86VNUUy
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynDAkkWRnh
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Then went still. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU1BXhgqLi
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Death came quietly in that desolate place. Without ceremony. Without witness. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBkhtuqj2q
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Just a broken body bleeding into ash. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iVASFHQW1
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The vision released them.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgv2RukoCm
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUo20V0FcA
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‘That… was me.’28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9HVa8xYuW
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His death in the Ashlands. The moment after the creature had torn him apart. Before the trial. Before resurrection.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDQYU5H1jj
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But how—why—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pDAAO6TN0
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtoQG3UJkc
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Then her expression shifted.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgI4m8EpNN
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Horror gave way to something colder. Harder.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpVpTEmoVR
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Her longsword came up, the crimson blade catching moonlight.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubKUnjQqH3
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"Vile Demon."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUr5FcRPPiQ
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The word fell between them like a stone.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVJo0GYxqR
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Cel's grip tightened on Silent Moon. His mind still churned with confusion.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlokqaEvApu
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But it didn't matter.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVtlTsvLuK
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She knew something. Had seen something.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs4g7R4HNb
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And she had to die for it.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsqehXVeYH
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He moved.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02xugEXEca
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Hestia met him without hesitation.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3YLixw6Xj
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Her blade moved with lethal precision, each movement flowing seamlessly into the next.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4nGy1vBLY
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Cel barely managed to raise Silent Moon in time.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zxMdSxo47
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVQ6gd5UuT
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuobPWo7if
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Blood welled up, dark against his skin.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBYpuTnMNI
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Hestia pressed forward with renewed aggression, certainty burning cold in her eyes.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mMeitOe2K
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Cel's blade caught hers in a bind, forcing them face to face for a heartbeat.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDVqWRIFPt
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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—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT04MKKV1th
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Cel threw himself sideways, the blade missing by inches.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLJJE5IXhs
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwb2qO47qKV
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Neither spoke.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlErrFmuYk
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Just two people trying to kill each other beneath the indifferent moon.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZjnwJZ2WR
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Cel moved first this time.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbc0kF2gG79
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Raw strength met perfect technique in a clash that sent tremors through the training ground.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hgiZhMW85
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Hestia's blade wove patterns meant exploit openings. Cel's strikes tried to overwhelm through sheer force.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSj3S5zlUq
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The gap between them had closed. Not in skill or strength - that remained as vast as ever - but in intent. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwS8EYOknF
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFhhBkmg0X
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtew2uYjxhI
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Silent Moon's edge found fabric at her chest. Her crimson blade touched skin at his throat.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHK0pXVP4aL
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Lightning struck between them.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6odfqzmN0u
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBULC7YiHBf
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPPzTxutdu
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Through blurred vision, he saw Hestia sprawled several steps away, her weapon fallen from nerveless fingers.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEcJTAFgP5
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A figure stood in the smoking crater where the lightning had struck.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fnrfVyIcT
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Esrin.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKjQ7jYsaZ
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGLWTB0P2q
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8WWIxWKvZ
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcMKOMj9cA
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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." 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu3h0NQ0Fx
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The certainty in her tone left no room for doubt. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kPXUiNrNm
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Esrin's expression didn't shift. "You're wrong."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5KQtlMaGc
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Hestia's composure cracked slightly.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOd90GpGZo
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"I can assure you - he is human."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdRdH3oqFv
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"Lady Esrin, I assure you, my trait—" Hestia began, urgency creeping into her measured tone.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkooJoa2kFL
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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."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLPMQopCqQ
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Hestia went very still.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1qT0Doaa5
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"Return to your dormitory," Esrin continued. "And reflect on what you did."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTEEhDI04R
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IKa31ubqO
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Then she dismissed her artifact into darkness and gave Esrin a deep, formal bow. "As you command, Lady Esrin." 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLizbbc6dOe
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Without another word, she turned and walked away, her steps steady despite the violence that had just occurred. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡba7uCWdHQX
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Cel watched her go, chest tight with emotions he couldn't name. Relief. Confusion. Residual fear.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDCEzk0A6W
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When she disappeared around a corner, Esrin's attention shifted to him fully.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNKx8taVhj
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The weight of her gaze made him want to step backward.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rJz8EYmJV
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"As for you…"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7J23fzyYi
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Cel's throat worked. "I—"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eCgVHpUuD
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"Your task was to observe. To protect the other students if necessary." Her ruby eyes narrowed. "Not to fight them."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9e4C7DxLE
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"It just happened," Cel said. The excuse sounded weak even to his own ears. "I didn't mean—"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKM4ia3jjvO
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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."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZAE3zVc2d
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Cel's hands curled into fists at his sides. He forced them to relax.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIkSdglXIp
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"I'm sorry." The words came quiet. Genuine. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64JfQ1aJBL
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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?" 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6wgDFZ4lj
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Cel's breath caught. "Yes." 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMHJWhmRc5
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Esrin studied him for a long moment, expression unreadable.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtmO4r1KDO
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Then she sighed - a sound so subtle he almost missed it. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLBdpdQZzt
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Cel’s gaze drifted toward where Hestia had disappeared.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWMGjNBMbc
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"What did she mean?" he asked. "About demons. What are they?" 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUZHUKZgoQ
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Esrin opened her mouth to answer— 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMRQ9C8Okj
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Then her head snapped sideways. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiADDLafxkH
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrEVn1yYK0
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"What—"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg60jwwFG5Z
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A bell tolled.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrO4q7feo9U
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Deep. Resonant. The sound rolled across the Academy grounds from somewhere in the city.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBExwcWXBvO
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Once. Twice. Three times.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qhG9LNFJn
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Cel's brow furrowed. "What is that?"28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgiipi4BI5
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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."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXRWd16eIz
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"What opportun—" 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R6E1RG7I9
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Then the world lurched.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8yUn2ZMce
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Wind screamed past his ears. The training ground was gone - replaced by open sky stretching in every direction. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AF6hJvq7i
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Esrin held him like a cat - one hand gripping his collar, his entire body dangling uselessly in her grasp.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuTCGc675Y
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Terror flooded through him in cold waves.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQxjKmOIEm
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'Too high too high too high—'28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGc4H3OTUQ4
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8JFUzrTNJ
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Esrin ignored him completely. Her ruby eyes scanned the landscape ahead with clinical precision, tracking something he couldn't see.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeKHK00Wec
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"There."28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ868dhFoIv3
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She banked sharply. Cel's body swung out from the momentum, gravity trying its best to claim him. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6jFYFXIAD
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He was going to die. Going to fall. Going to— 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGm5xwrBdl
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Impact. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8c5cF32lB
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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. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9bfBtf6fN
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Solid ground. Beautiful, wonderful, stable ground. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrP3T2dO36
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Slowly - so slowly - his breathing steadied. His vision stopped swimming. He pushed himself upright on shaking arms. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wHbr5LAks
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And froze. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn30NKZONfI
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Reality had split open ahead of him - a wound hanging in the air above empty ground. 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ0zbDXzFn
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A rift.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mO89hYunX
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