The question hung in the air like a blade.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUq1kqWnzW
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Cel's breath stopped.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1My5hXsKH
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His mind went blank - then exploded.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3FYeKTnPZ
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She knew. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbid971fzJ
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Silent Moon materialized in his grip before conscious thought caught up. Four phases ignited along the blade as his body moved on pure instinct, cutting toward her throat in a strike meant to kill. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJtk4hIbv6
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Hestia's weapon appeared instantly, intercepting his attack with a sharp ring of steel. Her eyes went wide - not with fear, but shock.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cU7XZGqMP
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Then they hardened.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYJqEsEIvL
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Her longsword redirected his blade with brutal efficiency. She spun away, creating distance, settling into a combat stance.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhHtrQi2ok
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Cel pressed forward, each strike powered by the full weight of his divinely enhanced strength. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLR2Kz3C2p
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The impact of their blades meeting sent shockwaves through the training ground. Hestia's arms trembled from the force, her boots skidding backward across packed earth.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zXSWS0MUl
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She'd never felt this from him before. The true weight behind his attacks.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJzTMtCG9W
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Her crimson eyes blazed with focus as she adjusted her stance, blade rising to meet his next strike.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcl5FSrCHv
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He came at her like a beast - wild, uncontrolled, full of openings any skilled fighter could exploit.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQCe4fXWIm
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But the sheer power behind each blow made exploitation impossible.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctyaptmU1O
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Hestia deflected a horizontal slash and pivoted, attempting to circle into his blind spot. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46ZBZSESDQ
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Cel turned with her instantly. Silent Moon traced patterns meant to overwhelm through pure aggression, each strike flowing into the next without losing pace.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdth66kkYcF
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Hestia's superior technique kept her alive. She redirected rather than blocked, deflected rather than met his strikes head-on. Her footwork carried her through angles that should have been impossible, blade weaving defensive patterns that turned aside attacks meant to break bone.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMJtm5BpMo
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Still, she was losing ground.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHYpMu7elq
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Each deflection cost her. Each redirection pushed her closer to the edge of her capabilities. Against anyone else, her skill would have been enough.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvzm5BI6sI
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But against this - against the full weight of a divinely forged body with nothing held back - it wasn't.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97HlK4fKwo
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A wild overhead strike came down with enough force to split stone. She caught it on her crossguard and the impact drove her to one knee.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BF3lxpTW9
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Cel's boot lashed out, catching her in the ribs.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYmDUiCTYf
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The kick sent her sprawling. She crashed into the dirt, gasping, vision blurring.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBhefjA8Mh
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Silent Moon descended in an arc.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6QTGPsibQ
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Hestia's longsword met it at an angle, barely redirecting the blow past her shoulder. The edge sliced through strands of black hair - several locks drifted to the ground, severed clean. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeKdrNiUM9
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She spun inside his guard, blade rising toward his exposed side—204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6omGdluIcH
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His hand shot out.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06Upnw9lgm
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Fingers closed on her wrist, already blooming with frost. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXphCNbC1qm
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The world shattered.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmiWBZUqj0
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A boy lay broken on ash-covered ground.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL6mGzyUEn
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Brown hair matted with blood and gray dust. His torso torn open - massive gouges where claws had ripped through flesh and bone. One arm bent at an impossible angle. His face turned skyward, eyes glazed and unseeing.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNQeXIU5NE
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Blood pooled beneath him in dark streams, soaking into the ash. His chest rose and fell in shallow, desperate gasps that accomplished nothing. Each breath bubbled wet through punctured lungs.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2J2IFCkMK
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The boy's lips moved soundlessly, forming words no one would hear. His fingers twitched once against the ground, grasping for something that wasn't there. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvjCSLzOG6
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Then went still. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQJQFoUsyV
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Death came quietly in that desolate place. Without ceremony. Without witness. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss5UUV2KPc
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Just a broken body bleeding into ash. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr6oH9zTfj
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The vision released them.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkM0zVFYC8
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Cel staggered backward, hand falling away from Hestia's wrist. His breathing came harsh and rapid, mind reeling from what he'd just witnessed.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrx1zl8Cbw
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‘That… was me.’204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kkiDduJaq
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His death in the Ashlands. The moment after the creature had torn him apart. Before the trial. Before resurrection.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOXQ7jBARa
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But how—why—204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJy6WebL6Qf
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Hestia stood motionless, eyes wide and uncomprehending. Her blade trembled in her grip. She stared at Cel like she'd never seen him before.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFHAcbKUya
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Then her expression shifted.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikRkwKJIG0
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Horror gave way to something colder. Harder.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfX4qDyCJ5c
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Her longsword came up, the crimson blade catching moonlight.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mOVWJucNw
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"Vile Demon."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZX5Z5iNJO
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The word fell between them like a stone.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EOHzQ1U54
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Cel's grip tightened on Silent Moon. His mind still churned with confusion.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM0Nkb1dUX
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But it didn't matter.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3jcOmjaj8
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She knew something. Had seen something.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBCoucvAC6
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And she had to die for it.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdPCePUe7x
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He moved.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZMJIloTFE
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Hestia met him without hesitation.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc55PdwQ3FL
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Her blade moved with lethal precision, each movement flowing seamlessly into the next.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuELgvWgQ8h
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Cel barely managed to raise Silent Moon in time.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS76whAZPm
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Her blade came in low, then high, then from an angle that should have been impossible. A three-strike combination executed in rapid succession. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTW4lmLP0y
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Cel deflected the first two through pure instinct. The third slipped past his guard and opened a line across his shoulder.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ169F5yLZQo
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Blood welled up, dark against his skin.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZltgwxVOtY
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Hestia pressed forward with renewed aggression, certainty burning cold in her eyes.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaWKIPlEju
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Cel's blade caught hers in a bind, forcing them face to face for a heartbeat.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH8suB6qcZ
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Then she broke free with a twist that nearly tore Silent Moon from his grip. Her follow-up strike came for his throat—204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVewYIvT7d
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Cel threw himself sideways, the blade missing by inches.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07pmfE4eBg
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They circled each other now, both breathing hard. Blood dripped from Cel's shoulder. Black hair clung to Hestia's neck where his blade had cut it short. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7eWVMmfClb
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Neither spoke.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhPdW552GC
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Just two people trying to kill each other beneath the indifferent moon.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAngZda3sbp
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Cel moved first this time.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkv4khXy5w8
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Raw strength met perfect technique in a clash that sent tremors through the training ground.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPiXCYgNZv
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Hestia's blade wove patterns meant exploit openings. Cel's strikes tried to overwhelm through sheer force.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqMh53z4e5
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The gap between them had closed. Not in skill or strength - that remained as vast as ever - but in intent. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDm1rjWutD
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Cel feinted left, then thrusted Silent Moon toward her heart with everything he had. The strike was meant to punch through ribs, to pierce lung and ventricle.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvcJpAoqfC
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Hestia read the feint. Her longsword came up not to deflect but to counter - blade aimed at the exposed flesh of his neck. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm21NInzmSq
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Silent Moon's edge found fabric at her chest. Her crimson blade touched skin at his throat.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlqax5NuiC
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Lightning struck between them.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7xp8RxdCc
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The bolt hit the ground with deafening thunder, pure white light searing across Cel's vision. The shockwave threw both of them backward like dolls.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIas584yrVl
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Cel hit the earth hard enough to crater it. His bones rattled. His ears rang. Silent Moon skittered away across packed dirt.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnteNM6oql
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Through blurred vision, he saw Hestia sprawled several steps away, her weapon fallen from nerveless fingers.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKay4hT6Tum
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A figure stood in the smoking crater where the lightning had struck.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLlhFKzSGt
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Esrin.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQEVMfLWeM
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Her ash-white hair stirred in wind that came from nowhere. Ruby eyes blazed with cold fury. Her glaive's blade drove into the earth between them, the weapon's length crackling with residual energy.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m4lBzgNbD
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"What do you think you're doing?" Esrin's voice cut through the ringing in Cel's ears like a blade. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd27OkDGDH5
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Neither of them answered immediately. Cel pushed himself to his feet, ribs protesting. Hestia rose more slowly, her crimson eyes never leaving Esrin's face. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc36EwFhdj3
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"Lady Esrin." Hestia's voice came formal, controlled despite the violence moments before. "Forgive the disturbance. I discovered something during our sparring - this student is not what he appears. He's a demon." 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05T0JHrcp4
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The certainty in her tone left no room for doubt. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3i3EmQmhPv
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Esrin's expression didn't shift. "You're wrong."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy810I5Xw5l
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Hestia's composure cracked slightly.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZSPBGfpO5
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"I can assure you - he is human."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFV0O2GjDv
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"Lady Esrin, I assure you, my trait—" Hestia began, urgency creeping into her measured tone.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpwjfzG3Cq
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"I don't care what your trait showed you." Esrin's voice carried absolute authority. "What I care about is that you just attempted to kill a fellow student based on an assumption."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPyg7xF24V
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Hestia went very still.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgU9pb8upc
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"Return to your dormitory," Esrin continued. "And reflect on what you did."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD69VpszCU
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For a long moment, Hestia didn't move. Her crimson eyes remained fixed on Cel, searching for something - truth, deception, confirmation of her fears. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2qdSWOjsg
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Then she dismissed her artifact into darkness and gave Esrin a deep, formal bow. "As you command, Lady Esrin." 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3Y0EEDV7k
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Without another word, she turned and walked away, her steps steady despite the violence that had just occurred. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp27TDHgMI4
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Cel watched her go, chest tight with emotions he couldn't name. Relief. Confusion. Residual fear.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcul39yzAfj
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When she disappeared around a corner, Esrin's attention shifted to him fully.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL59hMKsuQ
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The weight of her gaze made him want to step backward.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwAAOUX2jC
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"As for you…"204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlomH3JtAA
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Cel's throat worked. "I—"204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRmpu4B778
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"Your task was to observe. To protect the other students if necessary." Her ruby eyes narrowed. "Not to fight them."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NKo1RM2xl
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"It just happened," Cel said. The excuse sounded weak even to his own ears. "I didn't mean—"204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Tj9KLKlsx
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"You didn't mean to attack her with lethal intent?" Esrin's tone could have frozen water. "Because that's what I witnessed."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7QY7VZ2PG
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Cel's hands curled into fists at his sides. He forced them to relax.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgnarcX5B2
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"I'm sorry." The words came quiet. Genuine. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr06Ul2ijk5
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"We voted to recruit you. That doesn't mean you're immune to consequences." Her voice dropped, carrying absolute certainty. "Step out of line again, and we won't bother voting. Are we clear?" 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUOpL1apGg
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Cel's breath caught. "Yes." 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrVvXQgbC9
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Esrin studied him for a long moment, expression unreadable.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3AtOlqzG4
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Then she sighed - a sound so subtle he almost missed it. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgSa899SD6
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Cel’s gaze drifted toward where Hestia had disappeared.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29McixVjEr
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"What did she mean?" he asked. "About demons. What are they?" 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHzCls0WVK
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Esrin opened her mouth to answer— 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4BLTj9LMa
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Then her head snapped sideways. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYZiO8oMcc
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The movement was so sudden, so complete, that Cel's breath caught. Every line of her body had gone tense, focused on something he couldn't perceive.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Shwq5eOwP
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"What—"204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAWtw5g4s2
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A bell tolled.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dBgaEirqx
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Deep. Resonant. The sound rolled across the Academy grounds from somewhere in the city.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArfHSp9Yiq
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Once. Twice. Three times.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CbbWCvfLw
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Cel's brow furrowed. "What is that?"204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5ovNSLSwv
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"A good opportunity." White wings erupted from her back in an explosion of light and feathers. Her hand closed on the back of his collar. "You're coming with me."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6722Cpn5Q
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"What opportun—" 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jMXGS8FlI
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Then the world lurched.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEj2auC8S6
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Wind screamed past his ears. The training ground was gone - replaced by open sky stretching in every direction. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0sj4ApSj2
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Esrin held him like a cat - one hand gripping his collar, his entire body dangling uselessly in her grasp.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGoJZwVMX0
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Terror flooded through him in cold waves.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE04vTi2Cwb
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'Too high too high too high—'204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHS9U1eQi0
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His hands scrabbled for purchase against her arm, finding nothing. Below, the Academy had already shrunk to toy-size. The capital sprawled out in every direction, lights twinkling like distant stars.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡab4xg9pUip
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Esrin ignored him completely. Her ruby eyes scanned the landscape ahead with clinical precision, tracking something he couldn't see.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzShPPvUg8E
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"There."204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHK3z3XLhso
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She banked sharply. Cel's body swung out from the momentum, gravity trying its best to claim him. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqjtd4IX2v
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He was going to die. Going to fall. Going to— 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LpRuFTfRA
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Impact. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49DHCvpQBt
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Cel hit the ground, legs giving out immediately. He sprawled face-first across dirt, chest heaving, heart trying to hammer its way through his ribs. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4C6chq3Ad
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Solid ground. Beautiful, wonderful, stable ground. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhy1uFnWkz3
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Slowly - so slowly - his breathing steadied. His vision stopped swimming. He pushed himself upright on shaking arms. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJxZ1wB0Jf
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And froze. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYCDZUoUwH
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Reality had split open ahead of him - a wound hanging in the air above empty ground. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUaAQUefsi
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