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The drums began at dawn.
Low, echoing beats rolled over the hills beyond the fortress, sounding more like a heartbeat than music. A warning. A summons. A tradition older than the Northern courts.
Isla stood on the balcony of the western watchtower, wrapped in her black battle cloak, hair braided tight against her spine. The frostbitten wind curle
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