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Kaia — POV

Author: Aliuibrahim
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-17 22:54:12

The plan wasn’t good.

But it was a plan.

Asher didn’t waste breath arguing. He adjusted his grip on his knife like we were about to square off against some back-alley brawler instead of a thing that bent shadows for fun. His eyes kept flicking to the being, as if it might suddenly… change shape. Or decide to be faster again.

It didn’t need to decide. It already was.

The snow was falling again, thin flakes catching in the hair at my temples. It should’ve been beautiful, if not for the fact that every step toward the south meant my calves burning and the bone in Isabella’s grip pulling harder, like it had forgotten there were fingers attached to it.

“You said warding ground,” Asher said, low enough the wind could’ve swallowed it. “You mean the ring stones?”

“That’s the one,” I said. “Iron deep in the roots. No blood magic holds there, no spirit walks through it.”

“And you think that’ll stop this?” Isabella asked.

“No. I think it’ll hide us long enough to make it wonder where we went.”

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