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CHAPTER 85 - PARTNERS

Autor: Red Craine
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-08-18 22:05:52

LIORA’S POV

He kept not looking at me.

That was the thing. Not the crowd’s whispers, which had softened somewhat as the morning stretched on and the game preparations gave people something else to focus on. Not Myra’s continued stiffness, which I had filed away to address later. Not the persistent dull ache at my temple or the awareness of eyes that followed me whenever I moved.

It was the not looking.

Because Lucas was not simply failing to seek me out across the arena. He was actively, specif
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