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Chapter 419 - Trap

SAGE

I turned back too late.

The walls shut behind me with a soft, final click, feeling like a bad verdict. My heart jumped into my throat.

The darkness thickened instantly, swelling outward like a living thing. It wasn't ordinary shadow. It pressed closer, denser, heavy with a presence that seemed aware of me. It felt like fingers reaching through the air, brushing at my skin, curling around my limbs, grazing my breath.

I shivered. Unease crawled down my spine. Maybe I should have listened to El.

This felt wrong. Not natural darkness. Not absence of light. Black magic. The kind that left residue. The kind that lingered long after the spellcaster had left the room.

My chest tightened as I exhaled slowly. There had to be an incantation. Some mechanism to lift the spell. A trigger. A failsafe. Something.

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