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Lyralei kept eating while watching the woman approach from her peripheral, her movements calm and deliberate like she had all the time in the world.Beside her, Keziah had gone so stiff and rigid that Lyralei almost found it funny. The woman was practically vibrating with tension, her hands gripping her fork like it was a weapon she might need at any moment.Lyralei scoffed quietly and muttered under her breath, "Keep your shit together."Keziah didn't respond but her grip on the fork loosened slightly.The dark-haired woman didn't break her stride as she approached, moving with the kind of confidence that came from knowing exactly where she belonged. She reached the main table and took the seat directly opposite Lyralei without hesitation, settling into the chair like she'd sat there a thousand times before.One of the women following behind her stepped forward and Lyralei recognized her immediately. Seran. The warrior looked significantly worse than she had in the pit, her face stil
Lyralei walked side by side with Keziah through the stone corridors, their footsteps echoing off the walls in a rhythm that would've been comfortable if Keziah wasn't acting so damn strange.The woman was wringing her hands slowly, fingers twisting together and then pulling apart, over and over again like she couldn't quite figure out what to do with them. Lyralei watched it happen twice before she got the distinct feeling that Keziah wanted to say something but couldn't quite figure out how to start.They passed through another corridor, this one lit by torches set into brackets along the walls, and Keziah's hands twisted together again.Lyralei had enough.She stopped walking and turned to face her directly. "What's got you twisted up like that? Just say it already. Your fidgeting is getting to me."Keziah stopped and frowned at her, her expression shifting immediately to something darker. She glowered. "What do you mean by fidgeting?" Her voice came out sharp and defensive. "The la
Outside her door, Joefrey stopped mid-step as if he'd walked into an invisible wall.Heat surged through him without warning, sudden and immediate and completely unexpected, rushing from his chest outward like something had lit a match against his ribs and let it burn. He frowned and pressed one hand flat against the stone wall beside him, his jaw tightening as the sensation spread through his limbs and settled into his bones.He stared at Lyralei's door, his pale eyes fixed on the wood as if he could see through it to the woman sleeping on the other side.His free hand clenched into a fist at his side, knuckles going white with the pressure.Then he turned sharply on his heel and walked away, his movements stiff and controlled, his face giving nothing to the empty corridor around him. His boots hit the stone floor with measured, deliberate steps that echoed off the walls and faded into silence behind him.---Lyralei found herself in that space again before she'd even realized she'd
Lyralei stood in the room staring at nothing in particular, her mind still buzzing from the fight and the crowd and everything that had happened in that pit.The space was smaller than her room in Crimson Fang, though not uncomfortably so. Stone walls rose on all sides, rough-hewn and practical, with a single narrow window cut high into the rock that let in a sliver of fading daylight. A bed sat against one wall with furs piled thick enough to keep the mountain cold out, and a wooden chest rested against the far wall beside a small table that held a basin of water. Nothing decorative. Nothing soft. Just the essentials and nothing more. It was oozing shadowfang all over.She was clean now, at least. The bath had been brief and efficient, with Keziah standing guard outside the chamber door the entire time like she expected someone to walk in and start something. The water had been hot enough to sting her split lip and make her ribs complain, but it had washed the dirt and blood and swea
Seran didn't move.Neither did her companion. They both stood looking at the gold burning through Lyralei's tunic with the same expression — caution while studying her, not yet deciding what to do with what they were seeing.The cavern stayed quiet around them.Then someone on the ledge above broke it."I told you." A warrior's voice, directed at the man beside him. "That's her. She glows. I saw it myself at the Convergence Point, I told you about this you fucker."Murmuring started after that, spreading outward through the ledge as people turned to each other and put the pieces together."Wait — is that her? The one Bram wouldn't stop going on about?""The outsider from the Convergence Point. Has to be.""That's the glowing girl. That's actually her."Warriors who'd been at the Convergence Point had talked when they came back, and what they'd said had moved through the pack, and now it was moving again — faster this time, person to person across the full length of the ledge.Then som
The cavern shook.Not literally but it felt like it did. The roar that went up when Lyralei's words hit the air was immediate and total, every warrior in the pit reacting at the same time, on the floor and above on the ledge, and the sound slammed off the rock walls and came back doubled before she'd even finished speaking."Did she just—""By the Moon Goddess, she did!""Two at once! The outsider wants two at once!"Warriors on the ledge were shoving each other, some laughing so hard they had to grab the person beside them for balance, others leaning over the edge with their fists in the air. On the floor the ones pressed against the walls had started stamping, the impact coming up through the packed dirt in a rhythm that built on itself. A group near the far wall started it first, then the ones beside them picked it up, until the whole floor was vibrating with it under her boots.Some of them were cursing her outright."The girl has lost her senses!""How long do you give her? I say
Lyralei watched Rienna approach and the way the girl moved made something in her chest tighten with anticipation. This wasn't going to be like fighting her friends at all.Rienna got into her stance and Lyralei studied it carefully, taking in every detail she could. The positioning of her feet, the
Lyralei cursed under her breath as she stared at the dark-furred wolves circling her. They were bigger than normal wolves, not massive but large enough that their shoulders came up to her waist. Their eyes glowed amber in the shadows of the trees, watching her with that patient predator stillness t
She’d taken their measure in that first exchange and Tove was definitely the weakest, Maren was rash and aggressive attacking with emotion instead of strategy, but Kessa was the real threat.The blonde hadn’t committed to her initial attack and she’d held back, testing, watching to see how Lyralei
Lyralei stared at Gerald’s departing form, fighting the urge to smirk. Since he’d arrived, he’d barely looked at her. Probably not comfortable with losing to someone he’d underestimated. Serves him the fuck right. Eliasen appeared beside her, arms crossed. Her red eyes studied Lyralei’s face wit







