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Chapter 267 - Shadows of the Saved

The Kyoto safehouse hid in a bamboo grove, its wooden walls steeped in the scent of rain and cedar, a fragile sanctuary under a sky heavy with clouds. Ruoxi sat on a tatami mat, her side bandaged from Zhao Fen's blade, the phoenix tattoo a faint pulse beneath her sleeve—heart-driven, balanced, but dimmed by Yakutsk's toll. Bin's bloodied chest haunted her, his shallow breaths saved by her fire's desperate pulse, now resting in a makeshift infirmary. The book of the phoenix pact lay beside her, its golden script humming softly, a guide through the pain of Gao Jun's betrayal and the traitor's unseen reach.

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