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Chapter 38: Madness

Author: Darkie Jenn
last update publish date: 2026-04-01 17:48:51

Xlynor’s POV

I inhaled deeply, reclining into my seat with my eyes closed.

I shouldn’t be able to scent her from here. She had either left or was still in the training hall, yet it was as if she was right here.

I loosened the clasp of my archery gloves and tossed them onto the desk.

It had been meant to be a simple lesson. Since she was pretty unoccupied and might go visit Eryndor, maybe exhausting her was the solution. But instead—

I pressed my thumb to the bridge of my nose.

Instead, I was do
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