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The halls of the witch’s home were dim, filled with the earthy scent of herbs and candle smoke, the shelves lined with all manner of strange bottles and charms. It was a place I’d come to so often as a boy—when Celine and I would run from the village and hide away, whispering of the quests we’d one day take, the monsters we’d one day face.

The air inside the abandoned warehouse stank of oil and decay. Shadows sprawled like claws across the walls, cast by the dim, flickering lights hanging from the ceiling. Officer Laura tightened her grip on her weapon, the faint hum of its charged core vibrating against her palm. Every creak of the structure set her nerves on edge. She wasn’t here for some small-time smuggler. Mira, the Nyanrian weapon dealer and a wanted intergalactic criminal, was cornered inside. This was no ordinary bust.