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Forty one

Author: Vivian Sage
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-16 23:15:55

Soren's POV

The sheer fury radiating off the man who now blocked my path was a suffocating blanket. I was so angry at myself, so disgusted by my own weakness during the performance, that I’d almost forgotten the real, immediate threat.

I ran. I ran like a coward from the arena because I was replaying the last thirty seconds in my head: the unplanned chaos, the feel of her hands tight on my neck, the intoxicating, momentary relief of holding her, of catching her. And the way our eyes had locked. It was pure, unfiltered adrenaline and a desperate, stupid longing.

The moment Vermithor’s voice had broken the silence, I wanted to smash something. The other riders were already avoiding me because of my family name and my general disposition; I didn’t need Kahlan to start avoiding me because I was making a fool of myself and giving her reasons to think I was a lovesick idiot. I needed distance. I needed to disappear and regain my control.

Instead, I found Ephraim, my father, waiting for me.

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