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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE _ Tempting Fate[Part 1]

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*Aria*

By morning, the forest had new eyes.

You could feel them in the way the air pressed against the windows, in the restless pacing of the warriors outside, in the tight way everyone held themselves—as if expecting something to lunge out of the shadows at any moment.

I woke from a thin, fractured sleep with my heart already pounding, the memory of charcoal on stone vivid behind my eyes.

A circle.

Three lines through it.

The mark of the witch.

Nightfang had answered.

Not with words.

With a symbol.

An agreement.

An invitation.

An I see you.

Rhea had not come back yet when I finally pushed off the blanket and sat up. Judging by the color of the sky at the window—pale gray, clouds like dirty wool—it was early, but not obscenely so. The manor was already stirring.

I washed quickly, dressed faster, fingers fumbling once over the seam where the map usually lay. I left it hidden in the bottom of my chest instead. Taking it with me today felt like tempting fate twice.

The corridor outsi
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    The words sank into me like hooks.Hot, heavy.My heart slammed against his hand.“Lucian,” I said, not sure if it was a plea or warning.His eyes were molten now, gold rimmed in shadow, focused entirely on me.“You think this curse is my only weakness,” he said. “It’s not. You are. You make it quiet. You make the elders listen when they’d rather sneer. You walk into my nightmares and drag me out. And then you go and write letters to wolves who would love to see me on my knees.” His thumb brushed higher, along the edge of my jaw. “What am I supposed to do with that, except try to keep you where I can see you breathe?”I swallowed.“You’re not the only one who’s afraid,” I said, voice so soft I barely heard it. “Of them. Of the witch. Of… you.”The last word came out on a whisper.His hand tightened slightly on my neck, not enough to hurt, just enough to anchor.His eyes darkened with something like pain.“I will never intentionally harm you again,” he said, each syllable like a vow ca

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