Chapter 23: The Invitation ROWAN’S POV The morning light seeped through my curtains like an attack—soft, harmless, but irritating as hell. I’d been awake long before the sun dragged itself over the horizon. Sleep refused to touch me, it hadn’t touched me in weeks. I stood at the window of my office, staring at the courtyard below. Warriors moved across the training grounds, shifting through drills, blades flashing in the amber dawn. Their shouts echoed, sharp and disciplined, but none of it reached me. None of it mattered. I couldn’t focus on anything except the sickening emptiness inside my chest. It’s been two months, two fucking months of searching, two months of dead ends, false leads, and silence. Her scent had disappeared like it never existed, erased from every border she might’ve crossed. I pressed my palm to the cold glass, jaw clenching until pain shot through my temples. I had planned everything—every route, every distraction, every possible way to slip into Ironclaw’
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