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Author: Glazé
last update publish date: 2026-09-12 16:33:23

Juni’s POV

“You’re not going without me.”

Morning light cuts across the bed. Kieran is already half-dressed, the bond giving him away before his mouth does—claim warm, a tighter line underneath where the payment chain and the word *place-memory* sold in inns are waiting. I sit up, mark bare above the sheet, and hold his gaze so he cannot pretend this is only about a ride to the border.

“I’m going to the steward who drinks at the inn,” he says. “The one on the courtesy channel. If the silver pas
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