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Zarek rushed out into the castle garden. Immediately, Celine came running to meet him.

"Love, what’s going on? Why did everything suddenly turn into chaos?"

"What happened to my daughter?! Tell me!"

Before he could explain, Valeria grabbed him by the collar, her voice breaking with tears.

The pain in her blue eyes was undeniable.

She could feel her, her presence, even her scent, the melancholy lingering in the air—her little girl had been close to them. Why did it feel like the fading