DARIUS POV Setting: Forest, Pre-DawnEvery time I shut my eyes, all I saw was blood; Kain’s blood, mine, even hers. Elara. So I gave up, threw on a cloak, and stepped outside, letting the cold bite into me as I walked the narrow trail behind the castle walls.The forest was quieter than usual. No howls, no birdsong. Just silence. Still, the air held weight, like something was watching. Then I saw it. A shadow slipping between trees, swift but clumsy. The figure was cloaked, low to the ground, dressed in dark fabric like a damned assassin. But they weren’t moving like one. No grace. No wariness. Just... determined recklessness.I narrowed my eyes and followed, silent as breath. I kept to the shadows until I was close enough. Then, with one swift movement, I picked up a fallen log and struck. The figure dropped instantly with a dull thud. I stepped back, expecting a fight, a snarl, a flash of steel. Nothing. Just the faint rustle of cloth and the sound of shallow breathing.What kind o

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Elara’s POV Setting: Forest, pre-dawnThe trees whispered warnings as we moved deeper into the forest, Darius just a few strides ahead of me. The air was sharp and cold, and every step I took felt like a gamble. My head throbbed where the wound had flared earlier, but I clenched my teeth and pressed on.We were following Mira’s scent, faint but unmistakable. Like old lavender and a trace of mint. My sister’s scent wove through the trees like a breadcrumb trail, and I followed it with a desperation that felt like it would crack my chest open.The forest swallowed sound. Only our footsteps whispered against the underbrush, Mira’s scent leading us deeper into the belly of the woods. Darius walked beside me, silent until a low branch smacked him in the face.“That branch hates you,” I said, smirking.He groaned, brushing leaves from his hair. “You’re trouble. Every time I follow you, I get bruised, bitten, or nearly killed.” I laughed, just a little. “Yet here you are again.”“Maybe I’m

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