Chapter 181

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Laughter.

Slow, deliberate, and cruel, it spilled from Nyxa’s lips.

The sound made my heart pound violently against my ribs, a cold shiver crawling down my spine.

I knew that laugh. Far too well.

It wasn’t the one she used when we fought with the elders’ sons—no, that time she hadn’t intended to kill.

This…

This was different.

This was the same laugh from that day, the day she slaughtere