Phoenix Queen Rebirth

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with him was now a sy

he had been to the trut

osest confidant, Lady Zh

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hen said, her voice lik

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ed throug

the wounds inflicted u

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trusted most. Tears blu

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a fire burned within h

uch to bear. With her

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und her faded to black.

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harp gasp esc

ped open. She was no lo

, she found herself in

had lived in years

h

art racing as she frant

pposed to be dead. And

ndows and the warmth of

other

ds trembled a

r the wounds that had ki

le, unmarked. She leape

he m

n stared back

defeated woman who h

was her younger self, t

before her famil

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re, but this time, they

rage that filled her

second

whispered, her hands clenching into fists.