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“The lock isn’t a prison,” Elara said softly. “It’s a tomb. And you’re not the warden, Cassian. You’re the corpse.”

“Thank you,” he whispered. Then, after a long pause: “I hate you.” ange venus

The sound was not a chime. It was a scream. It was Lila’s laugh. It was his mother’s lullaby. It was the thud of a dog’s tail against a wooden floor. The serpent recoiled, its obsidian scales blistering. The cathedral inverted, becoming a field of sunflowers under a sudden, violent rain. “The lock isn’t a prison,” Elara said softly