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Chapter 19: The Blood Envoy
It began with silence-and the scent of iron in the morning air.
Ayo stood at the watchtower before sunrise, eyes scanning the horizon. Malakai had sensed it first, waking with a start, the Heartstone pendant glowing faintly between them. Something was approaching.
By midmorning, the scouts confirmed it: a rider on a p