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ung in the air, th

r fate is

y screamed at her to fight, to push back against Kael's rejection and the prophecy that had marked her before she

d deathly silent

first to brea

oldly, his voice carrying the

s stepped

a didn't

they lunged

em off balance. The other reached for her, but she was faster. Using the momentu

erupted i

ed, growls echoing in the grand chamber as

andeliers overhead cast wild shadows as she dodged grasping h

l's furious roa

op

didn't l

ls just as another pair of guards appeared to bl

d no c

she skidded to a

er arms burned from the effort, but she didn't stop moving. Scrambling over the railing, she

ow, shouting as th

thundered

lood and fury

th

peared in f

a halt, her breath ca

a

er only escape. His emerald eyes burned with fury, hi

ewhere?" h

ngers twitching toward the da

oice steady despite the

te step forward. "You have

in. "I know exact

te bond crackled between

lower this time. "If you leave n

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lu

s reflexes honed from years of battle. He caught her wrist mid-swing

ed, struggling

r ear as he leaned in. "I told

fr

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er again-the pull,

too, because his grip fa

all she

lbow into his rib

ony, twisting mid-air as she landed on the lower level. Pain shot

o the Council Ha

he shouts, the chaos, the fact

gh the doors and

s mostly empty now, save for a few startled guards who

mind was o

fo

weaving through Moonglade's narrow streets. The fart

h

hed the

st welco

ed into the shadows,

unseen hands guiding her deeper, whispe

idn't

forward, her breath ragged. She wasn't sure how

h

anished bene

lope, rolling over dirt and roots before

ed throug

nd to her side as she slow

when sh

e-marke

clearing, ancient and glowing

a's puls

ew thi

seen i

er d

taggered toward the stone, her fin

uched it, power s

vision slammed

nted red

en wolves and

odied and

pering, "She

gered back, he

stling in

see Kael emerge from the

ve come here," he

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of the

wled throug

barely above a wh

sealed y