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Chapter 53 - Chapter 52: The Test of Ashes

The Council demanded a test of magical purity.

"We must know if the child is a vessel for darkness," they said. Lucien wanted to kill them all.

Aurelia agreed to the test but on her terms.

They gathered in the sacred chamber, runes glowing blue.

Aurelia placed Elian in the circle.

Nothing happened... at first.

Then the floor cracked. Glyphs ignited. The ceiling trembled.

The circle exploded.

When the smoke cleared, Elian sat calmly in the center, untouched. The elder who cast the test had vanished turned to ash.

No one questioned Elian again.

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