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Chapter 38 - The Test Continues

The voice returned at dawn, curling around the gunfire like smoke.

"You've stopped him—for now."

I stiffened, clutching the rifle tighter.

"What do you want?"

The voice chuckled. "To remind you. This was only the first test. Six more await. Each harder. Each darker."

Elias stirred inside me, groaning, unaware of the torment circling his soul. The men around us marched forward, but I stood still, my blood running cold.

Seven lives.

Seven redemptions.

And I had barely survived the first.

"Do you still think you can win?" the voice whispered.

I clenched my fists, whispering back:

"I have to."

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