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50. OLD FRIENDS

Auteur: AUTHOR_NEON
last update Date de publication: 2025-07-24 21:28:13

LUCIAN THRONE'S POV

The crowd shifted like a murmuring tide around us, but my focus never left the path Caisen carved ahead. He walked with the grace of a man who’d never been touched by consequence — or worse, a man who had and survived it, and now wore its ghost like a crown.

Caelen’s presence beside me was a balm and a curse.

A balm — because I could feel his warmth at my side, his hand brushing against my palm every now and then like he needed the reminder that I was still here, that he was
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