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Chapter 31: Something I Chose

Author: Mystique Luna
last update publish date: 2026-09-16 03:29:58

Voices pulled me from the edge of sleep. It was soft and familiar, careful in the way people spoke when they believed the wounded could not hear them.

"She frightened herself," Faolan murmured.

"She frightened us as well," Asterion answered.

I remained still. Warmth surrounded me. A fire cracked somewhere nearby, carrying the scent of pine through a room I did not recognize. My cheek rested against Faolan's chest. One of his arms curved around my waist while the other supported my shoulders, ho
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