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Close calls and closer hearts

Author: Abigail
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-30 23:37:28

Luxian – POV

The woods were quiet. Too quiet.

Twigs snapped under Damien’s boots as he moved ahead, eyes sharp, body tense like a coiled predator. The moon hung low and silver, casting cold light over the tangled trees. The deeper we went, the colder it felt—not from wind, but from something else. Something watching.

“He was here,” Damien muttered, sniffing the air. “Not long ago.”

I swallowed hard and glanced around. “Leif?”

Damien nodded.

Cris and Ken flanked the opposite side of the clearing, moving with careful steps, their eyes flicking left and right. Even Ken, usually so relaxed, looked on edge.

Suddenly, Damien threw his arm out across my chest, stopping me.

“Get down,” he whispered sharply.

A blur of movement flashed through the trees ahead, swift and shadowed. I ducked as something sharp whizzed past—a dagger embedded itself into the bark behind me with a dull thunk.

“Leif,” Damien growled.

“Cris!” I called out.

“He’s baiting us!” Cris shouted from somewhere to the left. “Do
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