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... he had aged years. Her face was pale, almost translucent under the candlelight, and her hands were trembling in a way she couldn’t hide.

Lucian jumped up, his chair scraping against the stone floor. "What happened? What did that witch tell you?"

Lara opened her mouth to speak, but only a choked sound came out.

She hugged herself, as if trying to keep the pieces of her body together.

Raziel approached her, his exterior calm acting as an anchor in the middle of the ...

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