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Chapter 16: The Fracture
By the time they returned to Mount Elgon, smoke was rising from its northern ridge.
The stronghold no longer stood in quiet watchfulness-it pulsed with chaos. Guardians rushed between stone corridors. Runes flared along the arches in urgent red. And at the gates, spears crossed in front of Ayo before he could step through