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Chapter 111 - The Eagle is Dying

Lucian's POV...

I can't breathe.

The air feels thick, resistant, as if I am trying to draw it through a fine layer of silt. My lungs are stone weights in my chest, unable to expand fully. The pain is not sharp or stabbing, but a deep, relentless pressure, as if my own skeleton is inching inward, compressing me. Each inhale is a shallow, insufficient sip. I am not gasping for dramatic effect; I am, quite simply, drowning in the quiet of my own study.

I don't want to scream.

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