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Chapter 20: Seeds of Doubt (Kai POV)
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2026-03-10 13:00:03The woods called to me, offering the solitude I desperately needed. I walked past the training grounds, past the gardens, until the manicured grounds gave way to wild forest. Here, away from the compound's scrutiny, I could actually breathe.
Julian's words kept circling in my head like vultures. Don't you think the timing is a little off? Just after you threaten to leave and remind her what leaving would cost, all of a sudden she loves you?
I grabbed a fallen branc
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