Chapter 36.
Author: Mustashifa
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Chapter 36 – Traces at the Threshold

The morning air was crisp, carrying the scent of dew and damp earth from the forests beyond the City of Hope. Kael, Jax, and Lyra rode northward, leaving behind the city gates that now stood strong and welcoming. Towering trees lined the path, which gradually gave way to a rougher trail of stone and gravel—clear signs they were moving farther from the newly rebuilt civilization.

Lyra led at the front, her sharp eyes scanning every footprint in the soil, ever
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