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Chapter 24 - It keeps getting stranger

Third-person POV

Draven stood motionless in the center of the summoning circle, the red glow of the runes etched into the floor pulsing softly under his boots.

The air around him was thick with smoke, and his hands remained clasped behind his back, even though tension stiffened every part of his body. He had broken protocol, and he knew it.

Astraea had only been in the human realm for a handful of days, and already, something entirely inexplicable had occurred. A human girl, entirely untrained and unaware, had summoned her. And worse still, she remembered it.

He didn't need to imagine King Therion's reaction. He could already hear the fury in the king's voice echoing in his head.

When the smoke finally burst upward in a sudden column of flame, and a tall, imposing figure stepped through, Draven bowed deeply, keeping his head lowered in full submission.

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