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CHAPTER 31: THE CALL HOME

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Rhiannon's POV

Soren found the photograph on a spring morning when he should have been training.

I was outside sparring with Marcus when I heard it—a sharp intake of breath from inside my cabin.

I knew instantly what he'd found.

The box under my bed. The one place I'd kept anything from my old life.

I entered to find Soren sitting on the floor, holding a single faded photograph. His small hands trembled.

The picture showed Darius at the summer festival five years ago. Laughing, head thrown back
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