Season 3-Chp 65
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Dawn crept slowly across the ravine, the first light revealing the ruin of what the night had stolen. The campfires below were dying embers, the enemy warband retreating with their wounded, unaware—or unconcerned—that the shard of the Crown was gone.

Among the rocks, Elias sat motionless beside Helena’s still body. Her skin was cold, her armor slick with dried blood. He hadn’t moved since the moment she fell. The world around him felt muffled, as if sound itself had gone into mourning.

Marcus paced the narrow strip of ground nearby, his sword still stained. His armor was dented, his shoulder bound with a strip of torn cloak, but his rage kept him upright. Every few minutes he looked at Elias, and every time, the fury in his eyes grew darker.

“You should have left it,” he said at last, voice raw. “The fragment. You should have left it buried.”

Elias didn’t respond.

“I mean it,” Marcus pressed. “Whatever that thing is, it’s cursed. It changes you. I saw it in your eyes last night.”

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