Laura found them in the quiet corridor near the training grounds — Colin and Penelope, standing too close, both breathing hard as if they’d just run a mile or fought off the entire guard together.Colin’s chest was still rising and falling, his jaw tight. Penelope’s cheeks were flushed, her arms crossed in a defensive way that was more about pride than modesty.Laura’s lips curved into a sharp, knowing smirk. “Well, well,” she drawled, letting her eyes dart between them. “I didn’t know I’d be interrupting such an… intimate moment.”Penelope stiffened, looking away almost immediately, as though refusing to give Laura the satisfaction of a reaction.Colin, though — Colin turned. And for the first time, really turned — his eyes dark, stormy, and laced with something she’d never seen directed at her before. Annoyance.“Not everything is a joke, Raine,” he said flatly, his voice clipped, heavy with warning.Laura’s smirk curved a little wider, her posture loose, almost lazy, as if his glar
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