FAMILYKai drove his claws into the training dummy, wood splintering with a crack that echoed across the courtyard. Splinters clung to his skin, fragments scattered at his boots, but the rush he chased never came. Sweat slid down his jaw, his chest heaving, the ache in his muscles ignored. He kept moving, striking again and again, as though breaking things apart would quiet the noise inside his head.It didn’t.The staged attack. The Elders’ silence. The whispers about the crowning. And Aria—standing frozen in front of him when he told her not to move. The image clung to him like a shadow. He clenched his fists until his knuckles stung, pacing the courtyard, restless and trapped.“Still reckless as ever.”The voice cut through the night, sharp enough to stop him. He turned, shoulders stiff, heart thudding before his mind caught up.Lyra.She stepped out of the shadows with the ease of someone who never needed to ask permission. Tall, steady, dark hair pulled back, leather clinging lik
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