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The West Rider

Author: Glazé
last update publish date: 2026-09-30 04:23:13

Kieran’s POV

“He finally moved.”

Wren holds the strip as if it might bite. Early light. The study still smells of last night’s banked fire. Juni is already here—barefoot, cloak over her nightdress, hair loose—because the bond yanked her awake the moment my pulse changed. Claim tight. Older current rising behind it like a second set of eyes.

“Toward us?” she asks.

“Toward the spur first,” Wren says. “Then south along the old courtesy line that feeds Alder’s former friends. Not a charge. A circui
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