Kael folds the message carefully.“I’m not going.”Selene blinks. “Kael—”“I know the cost,” he says quietly. “And I’ll pay it.”He crosses the room, stopping in front of her. He does not touch her at first—just looks, eyes dark, resolute.“They want me alone because they think I rule better that way,” he says. “They’re wrong.”He takes her hand, lacing their fingers together deliberately.“I rule because of you. And with you.”The bond flares—warm, fierce, unmistakable.Somewhere, something recoils.The Twin’s InterferenceThat night, as Selene drifts between waking and sleep, the twin steps closer than she has in days.You’re baiting it, the twin says, not unkindly.“Yes.”It will escalate.“I know.”The twin hesitates—a rare thing.If it offers me something, she says slowly, I may be tempted.Selene’s eyes open. “What kind of something?”Space, the twin admits. Autonomy. A way to exist without sharing.Selene turns onto her side, facing Kael’s sleeping form. She studies him—strong,
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