I've edited chapters 57 through 59. Please reread them! Thank you.
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Clara set Serein gently on her feet. She wanted to scold her friend, but she did not know where to begin. After all, the chase was not entirely Serein's fault. Clara knew how Serein had lived for eight years: always on the run.
More than that, seeing Serein's face so pale, Clara could not bring herself to berate her. She worried instead, softening her voice as she asked.
"You alright?"
Serein felt as if her insides had been turned upside down. Her mind still ran in circles around the conversation with Deimos.
She answered weakly, head shaking, breath still heavy after everything that had happened. "I'm fine."
Zane landed opposite her. The ice claws on his arm dissolved into drifting snowflakes as he walked toward Serein. His steps carried an invisible weight.
