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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

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Valen’s POV

I had been irrationally angry all day, and the worst part was that I didn’t know how to stop it. It was like a black sludge had settled in my veins, making every word Darian spoke sound like an insult and every breath I took feel like a struggle for air. I hated the walls of this mansion. I hated the silent judgment of the Elders. Most of all, I hated the way I felt whenever I looked at Raven, like I was a drowning man and she was the only piece of wood floating in a stormy sea.

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