ed. It wasn't the strength of his body, the sharp line o

s his

and familiar, dragging memori

nts flashed be

voice promised forever. His eyes, fill

ee to stay upright, her hear

s lau

g with

her face. The woman

ough Mira's vei

estroy, and all she could feel was the a

n't ev

't even

tiffened

led, restless

his mind, something painfully

ning the trees,

ows. Only

ce laced with concern. Kaelen forced a smile, pretending to relax. Bu

nto the woods, her l

pposed to hu

upposed t

to dest

forget he ev

he walls she built

roat the last piece of the past she

dn't

d that still tied her heart t

ing on a cold rock, staring at not

aid no

hed, crouching in fro

ngled noise es

eans the pain is real. That means when

osed he

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n't wan

ted to

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horne

her. Barely spoke to her. His wolf growled at her more often than it purred. She could fee

t of the mirror, adj

uld no

erything she

everything

nd deadly. "I am Seraphina," she whispered

apped tighter

that night, dreams batter

face, pale and bloo

smiling, dre

broken whisper,

asping, dren

ing wa

ing wa

his chest, desperate,

sed a hand

a piece of hi

een too blind to

until her mus

sleep. She

fou

y b

pla

e was Kael

was Lyann

as another promise c

bring them

the world apar

a stood at the edge o

chi

it

st, a golden queen

his steps heavy,

rt twisted

n, he was

st, he

ad been

th. Before lies wrapped aro

beside her, s

hispered. "

ned around the dagger

artbeat. That's a

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m was

did something Mi

toward t

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low the wind alm

aphi

and froz

lammed agai

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ll fel

rs, sinking into the dirt.nMira s

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from him, panic f

asn't

I was supposed

hought he was. He was kind. The

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urred he

e

from

from

ruth she couldn

rozen, staring

ugged at

r smile tight. "Ther

en knew

f knew

us had brushed a

ng he h

ing he

tear the world ap

art ha

me in months, he

collapsed against a tree, crying.W

en betra

repla

een a lie crafted b

it her c

umbling under the we

e back to d

f she had

nemy was closer th

ho betrayed her but the siste

eared.He needed to move faster. He needed to rip Kaelen apart before Mira remembered what love felt like.Before the tru

, there would

ned, clouds rolling

m was

lt on b

d by

wash away every lie, every s

up, wipin

clenched i

sn't d

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it destr