Season 3-Chp 74
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The world had grown too quiet.

Where once the Citadel had groaned under the strain of magic, now even the wind dared not speak. The towers that survived the collapse leaned inward, black ribs of a carcass left for ghosts. The air smelled of rain and smoke — and endings.

Helena knelt at the center of the ruin, cradling the fragment in both hands. It no longer glowed, only reflected the faintest shimmer of morning light. Her armor was cracked, her hair caked with ash, and her eyes hollow from nights without sleep.

The fragment’s pulse had faded the moment Elias vanished, but she couldn’t bring herself to let it go. It felt alive in some buried way, a heartbeat she couldn’t quite hear but couldn’t stop waiting for.

Bootsteps echoed across the marble.

Marcus approached, his once-polished armor now streaked with dried blood and soot. His jaw was clenched tight, expression unreadable.

“Still here,” he muttered, glancing around. “You haven’t moved since dawn.”

Helena didn’t look up. “He’s st
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