Orion’s POVBeautiful…. How can anyone be so beautiful?That was my last thought when the axe fell on my neck. The crowd gasped, cheered, jeered, none of it mattered. Pain flared for a moment, sharp and white, then nothing.And then I woke up at the banquet again.Same food. Same music. Same damn goblet of wine.I exhaled slowly, leaning back in my chair. “Already used to it,” I muttered under my breath. Death had lost its edge a long time ago.Mia sat across from me, her eyes fixed on me like I was the answer to every question clawing through her mind.“How long?” she asked quietly.I looked away, fingers drumming against the table. I wasn’t ready to hand her the number, not yet. Not when the truth carried more weight than the chains they loved to bind us in.Instead, I said, “We need to leave the castle. Tomorrow morning.”Her brows furrowed. “Leave? How?”“When they announce us as traitors, they’ll try to chain us.” I leaned closer, lowering my voice so only she could hear. “That’
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