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The Night the Calm Caught Fire
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The second the door shut behind the group I felt the heat still burning under my skin and I knew sleep was not coming tonight.

Theo pulled me close right there in the hall. "Ryn they left but the spark did not fully leave me. You feel it too?"

"Yes. Stronger than before. We need each other now."

Elyra stepped out of the side room with Lira right behind her. "We heard your voices. The calm is holding but something new is waking up."

Kaelan and Seri came from the yard. Kaelan spoke first. "I cann
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