The question hung in the air like a blade.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHSaM9N10K
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Cel's breath stopped.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85He63lhpd
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His mind went blank - then exploded.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeZW3NqRff
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She knew. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbENdz0PIn
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9bVNqXBVT
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3Pup30UqT
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Then they hardened.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJsQjgOs6l
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Her longsword redirected his blade with brutal efficiency. She spun away, creating distance, settling into a combat stance.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIWcZSXRcR
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Cel pressed forward, each strike powered by the full weight of his divinely enhanced strength. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgXBf1s4VY
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ4AA7JllaP
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She'd never felt this from him before. The true weight behind his attacks.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0pgChj2hh
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Her crimson eyes blazed with focus as she adjusted her stance, blade rising to meet his next strike.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQQTWK0sIf
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He came at her like a beast - wild, uncontrolled, full of openings any skilled fighter could exploit.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TZEElTo2D
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But the sheer power behind each blow made exploitation impossible.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIDvlQbIhS3
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Hestia deflected a horizontal slash and pivoted, attempting to circle into his blind spot. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsWXVFsREP
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGae2vMRONY
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOJb4fvAq8
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Still, she was losing ground.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooCeRw6Z6Y
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4goZgo8Wmi
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But against this - against the full weight of a divinely forged body with nothing held back - it wasn't.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6FenV6Xqc
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCxg0ooQS0
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Cel's boot lashed out, catching her in the ribs.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZZQt4XaGN
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The kick sent her sprawling. She crashed into the dirt, gasping, vision blurring.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyys9ADJJN
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Silent Moon descended in an arc.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalnWUwLD6P
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTw8HvceFn
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She spun inside his guard, blade rising toward his exposed side—35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BmQzlFLnh
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His hand shot out.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvh1JAmGzr
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Fingers closed on her wrist, already blooming with frost. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSQQwfjfy3
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The world shattered.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekXQUog1G6
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A boy lay broken on ash-covered ground.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TDvdoJL00
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovx7mPdwP5
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcoIHsbEeg
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpOJf4a7eQ
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Then went still. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqOBxylxty
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Death came quietly in that desolate place. Without ceremony. Without witness. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l8aoe0N0K
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Just a broken body bleeding into ash. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI65qFZNQR
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The vision released them.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKbHyG71K2
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKPIRFyd7K
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‘That… was me.’35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCUTABeQzj
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His death in the Ashlands. The moment after the creature had torn him apart. Before the trial. Before resurrection.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdebVMv6xL
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But how—why—35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3A3oGspR2
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk1lS57bGz
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Then her expression shifted.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ate9PbC7l
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Horror gave way to something colder. Harder.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmw3Z8YfAOh
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Her longsword came up, the crimson blade catching moonlight.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rFaWuVsRA
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"Vile Demon."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJopQf8Qrj
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The word fell between them like a stone.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6v0FOKypGg
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Cel's grip tightened on Silent Moon. His mind still churned with confusion.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmubGCX9zl
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But it didn't matter.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3tPO4EPcl
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She knew something. Had seen something.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO06aN5IHC
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And she had to die for it.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZIVNW7Ljc
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He moved.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDYV4pO2yZ
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Hestia met him without hesitation.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceYSjevp2u
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Her blade moved with lethal precision, each movement flowing seamlessly into the next.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAe5ix5wGa
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Cel barely managed to raise Silent Moon in time.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFryRK7WdTq
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNp4MCS4gQQ
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qCtGYgWDM
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Blood welled up, dark against his skin.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPv0nBuI1S2
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Hestia pressed forward with renewed aggression, certainty burning cold in her eyes.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3JVX9JKtv
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Cel's blade caught hers in a bind, forcing them face to face for a heartbeat.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViL4i0wTEX
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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—35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzE4a6V5gq
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Cel threw himself sideways, the blade missing by inches.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PNkMFele7
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5jbipwWEB
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Neither spoke.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxS89RQXLB
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Just two people trying to kill each other beneath the indifferent moon.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfg3ljpbua1
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Cel moved first this time.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDD9Egvlsy
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Raw strength met perfect technique in a clash that sent tremors through the training ground.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgopvIrX3u
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Hestia's blade wove patterns meant exploit openings. Cel's strikes tried to overwhelm through sheer force.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxDcoqsilH
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The gap between them had closed. Not in skill or strength - that remained as vast as ever - but in intent. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8QNLHwj9g
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaiTCmtREz
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8WGA4VSD8
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Silent Moon's edge found fabric at her chest. Her crimson blade touched skin at his throat.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7CIDuasR7
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Lightning struck between them.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyhJ37BmtN
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08dpw9Wzcq
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1DcI0EexQ
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Through blurred vision, he saw Hestia sprawled several steps away, her weapon fallen from nerveless fingers.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8ogg69xVg
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A figure stood in the smoking crater where the lightning had struck.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN54YDCVu5
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Esrin.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsQ5b0C0Ie
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5nOKOmVlY
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBtSnIet3d
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG87xR03yz1
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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." 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdts6KYvxm
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The certainty in her tone left no room for doubt. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHde7krr6P
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Esrin's expression didn't shift. "You're wrong."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoS7L8VKmc
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Hestia's composure cracked slightly.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlA67znUnk
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"I can assure you - he is human."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPOQhasWSr
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"Lady Esrin, I assure you, my trait—" Hestia began, urgency creeping into her measured tone.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuJ64GLIDj
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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."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB86w99l1I
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Hestia went very still.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzn2ulQ1b67
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"Return to your dormitory," Esrin continued. "And reflect on what you did."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8VXkrfVvI
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93VwHv3RWx
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Then she dismissed her artifact into darkness and gave Esrin a deep, formal bow. "As you command, Lady Esrin." 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5VGJkyJMR
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Without another word, she turned and walked away, her steps steady despite the violence that had just occurred. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIZtsgCnAH
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Cel watched her go, chest tight with emotions he couldn't name. Relief. Confusion. Residual fear.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglxqFku6Cf
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When she disappeared around a corner, Esrin's attention shifted to him fully.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjP8wDWyoc4
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The weight of her gaze made him want to step backward.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DxXaW0YfT
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"As for you…"35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5HK17b0jS
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Cel's throat worked. "I—"35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnrFMHiRfp
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"Your task was to observe. To protect the other students if necessary." Her ruby eyes narrowed. "Not to fight them."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPN19t2vly
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"It just happened," Cel said. The excuse sounded weak even to his own ears. "I didn't mean—"35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLmwiQSk1q
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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."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91TbvDCoYm
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Cel's hands curled into fists at his sides. He forced them to relax.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQXa9YNORZ
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"I'm sorry." The words came quiet. Genuine. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxqmDEpJMm
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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?" 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSPkgtpeIr
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Cel's breath caught. "Yes." 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASCiUEArDk
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Esrin studied him for a long moment, expression unreadable.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KAJbkD6Eq
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Then she sighed - a sound so subtle he almost missed it. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPorODg9Bx
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Cel’s gaze drifted toward where Hestia had disappeared.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcNUJt9AJA
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"What did she mean?" he asked. "About demons. What are they?" 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtratuuL0L
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Esrin opened her mouth to answer— 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9fp1X1JQP
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Then her head snapped sideways. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYUbUmBm8g
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdZ561LQVG
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"What—"35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRZnPbDMbh
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A bell tolled.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSL71FklmZ
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Deep. Resonant. The sound rolled across the Academy grounds from somewhere in the city.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUWa1wVQNR
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Once. Twice. Three times.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1mKxLiVyZ
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Cel's brow furrowed. "What is that?"35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboI1FNuaJw
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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."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIQai0q5PC
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"What opportun—" 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQo4TPDbIw
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Then the world lurched.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzi862CrPE
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Wind screamed past his ears. The training ground was gone - replaced by open sky stretching in every direction. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDft3S2ZEa7
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Esrin held him like a cat - one hand gripping his collar, his entire body dangling uselessly in her grasp.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK91ydA5EV
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Terror flooded through him in cold waves.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtpTLy2wjV
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'Too high too high too high—'35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwB7cMhbib
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AScaHD8XV
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Esrin ignored him completely. Her ruby eyes scanned the landscape ahead with clinical precision, tracking something he couldn't see.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbcYV1M9Gr
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"There."35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsCRy3nSrJ
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She banked sharply. Cel's body swung out from the momentum, gravity trying its best to claim him. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimu9geO9dm
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He was going to die. Going to fall. Going to— 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeV7bxx6sQj
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Impact. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnXJRyl5if
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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. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUqaonzKJi
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Solid ground. Beautiful, wonderful, stable ground. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCTjujsz6w
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Slowly - so slowly - his breathing steadied. His vision stopped swimming. He pushed himself upright on shaking arms. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxY8vo9KXX
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And froze. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EpnR6CF9y
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Reality had split open ahead of him - a wound hanging in the air above empty ground. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nsZ7YX3QJ
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A rift.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hvQnJJxDQ
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