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Chapter 114 - 30 Days

𝐊𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐁

"The runes are permanent," the Zeta murmured, more to himself than anyone else. "Bonded to her essence. They cannot be removed without—"

​Aurora swayed. We all noticed, and as if on instinct, we all lunged for her, but Cyrus caught her first.

​His arms caught her before she could fall, pulling her against his chest with a gentleness that didn't belong on a battlefield or in a tribunal chamber—a gentleness I'd never seen from him before.

​"Easy," he murmured, his voice so soft I barely heard it. "I've got you." It was as if his earlier callousness had been feigned. It had been nothing but a mask, like the ones he had worn many times before.

​The tribunal gasped, whispers erupting, but Cyrus didn't seem to notice or even care. He just held her, one arm supporting her back, the other cradling her head against his shoulder. His eyes weren't that hollow, distant red-black they usually were; they were present and filled with worry.

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