Chapter 35: Shadows and Flames
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Bound to the pillar, Senator Riyo Chuchi closed her eyes for a brief moment, the cold bite of the night pressing against her exposed skin. The Mandalorian guards still lingered, speaking in their harsh, guttural tongue, their armor mismatched and incomplete—a sign of desperation among the remnants of Death Watch.
Then, she felt it again.
A pulse in the Force, a whisper in her mind, threading through her thoughts like a soft current.
We’re coming.
Her breath caught, her heart thrumming in response. But it was more than just relief—there was warmth to it, a presence unlike any she had felt before. A connection forming between her and Wilhelm Kriss, a thread that bound them in something deep, something unspoken.
She didn’t know it yet, but a Force Dyad had been formed.