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Chapter Twenty

Author: Selene Ashford
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-16 18:55:02

Lucian’s POV

The reports from the academy lay in an uneven stack before me. Ink still fresh on the top sheet. I had been sitting there since dawn, reading line after line until the words began to blur.

“Forty candidates remain,” I murmured, tracing the lines of the latest report with my thumb. “Three tests completed. One to go.”

The Battle Round. The final test before the academy would choose its trainees.

A simple enough process on paper. Yet my attention lingered longer than it should have.

A soft knock came from the door. Without lifting my eyes, I said, “Enter.”

Ronan stepped in, wearing that faint grin he carried like a weapon. “You’re already buried in reports. I thought I’d at least bring you company while you drown.”

I leaned back slightly in the chair. “You’re late.”

“I was letting you think,” he said, crossing the room with a lazy stride. “You get unpleasant when I interrupt you too early.”

He helped himself to the chair opposite mine, arms folding loosely. His eyes moved to
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