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Chapter 7: FROM THE MIND

CHAPTER

7

FROM THE MIND

JIEYUAN

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“Maeva,” Jieyuan said. He stared at her, tongue-tied. He’d known it’d work, but… She so looked real. Like she was really there. 2024-09-13 15:40:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 6: BE THE DARK

CHAPTER

6

BE THE DARK

JIEYUAN

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By some unspoken agreement, neither Jieyuan nor Meiyao gave voice to what they were both clearly thinking.

Briefly, Jieyuan considered telling h...

Chapter 5: KILL YOURSELF

CHAPTER

5

KILL YOURSELF

JIEYUAN

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“I came to check up on Daojue,” Yunzhu was saying. “Father told me what happened on the mission.”

Yunzhu sounded normal enoug...

Chapter 4: IN THE GAZE

CHAPTER

4

IN THE GAZE

JIEYUAN

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Meiyao stared up at Daojue. Daojue stared down back at her. Neither of them moved. Both looked impassive. They were on Daojue’s doorstep. Meiyao had...

Chapter 3: TO UNVEIL

CHAPTER

3

TO UNVEIL

JIEYUAN

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Murder, as it turned out, was mighty profitable. Assuming you could get away with it, of course. As the son of a merchant, Jieyuan had known as much sin...

Chapter 2: UNDERSTAND

CHAPTER

2

UNDERSTAND

JIEYUAN

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Awareness came as gently as a sucker punch.

Eyes flew open to a brightening sky and then shut themselves just as quickly. Jieyuan jerked up halfw...

Chapter 1: OVERWHELM

CHAPTER

1

OVERWHELM

JIEYUAN

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About two hundred feet off the ground, Jieyuan sat perched on the tallest branch of a fatebloom tree, legs swinging lazily under him. From his vantage p...

Prologue: TO KNOW PAIN

PROLOGUE

TO KNOW PAIN

JIEYUAN

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The moment Jieyuan entered the room, his eyes fell on the pill. It drew his attention invariably and inevitably, surer than any magnet, and he came to a sudden stop one step...