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Never again

Author: Author Dera
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-04 05:05:45

Aria POV

They had closed in on me completely now, a ring of bodies and snarling breaths.

What was I supposed to do next?

I had no idea. No plan. No weapon. No backup.

And this one—this mountain of a man—why was he so heavy? He looked like he’d been carved out of some wild beast’s spine and given legs. Could he not get off me?

What bounty did Darius put on my head for them to look this excited?

“If I were you,” I snapped, breathless but trying to sound braver than I felt, “I would get off and run. Raiden wouldn’t let you survive the night if he gets you.”

I had no clue where that confidence came from.

Maybe hope.

Maybe madness.

Maybe the strange belief that Raiden would eventually find me… even if I didn’t know why.

The brute above me gave a guttural laugh. “King Raiden? He has no idea you’re here. And we—” he leaned closer, breath rancid “—we’re very aware that we have you.”

His grin widened, a mouth full of cruelty.

“Your days of running are over, little squirrel.”

Little—

Squirrel?

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