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CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR: White Without End
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The engines roared steadily as we cut through the frozen sky.

For the first hour, none of us spoke.

The palace shrank into nothing beneath us — swallowed by snow, distance, and clouds. Antarctica stretched endlessly in every direction, a white ocean without landmarks.

I kept my eyes forward, hands firm on the controls.

Behind me, I could feel Ayara.

At first, I thought she was just exhausted.

Then I felt it.

A faint tremor against my back.

Her shoulders were shaking.

She wasn’t speaking.

She wa
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