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Author: Roshni
last update publish date: 2026-03-20 21:29:43

Rydan’s POV

I saw them before they reached the gate.

Franklin was walking slightly ahead, the way he always did when he was comfortable… that loose, unhurried stride that I had learned to read the way you learn to read weather. The girl was beside him, close enough that their arms occasionally touched. She was saying something. He was listening. Whatever it was made him dip his head in that way that meant he was holding back a smile.

I turned back to the ice and didn’t look again.

I kept the di
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