Seraphine’s POVThe words died in my throat the moment Toren’s voice reached us, and I watched Rhydian change. The softness vanished from his face at once. His shoulders squared, his expression hardened, and the man who had stood before me only moments ago, raw and unguarded, was gone. In his place stood the Alpha.“How many?” he asked, already moving toward the door.“Enough that the scouts did not dare name a number,” Toren said. “They have not advanced yet. They are only watching. But the banner…”“I’ll be there.”Rhydian turned back to me, and for a moment the softness returned to his face, apology and frustration mingling in his eyes.“This is not over.”“I know.”“I mean it. Whatever you were about to say…”“Go,” I told him, and I meant it, even though some weary part of me wondered if I would ever find the right moment to tell him the truth.He left, and I stood alone in the storage room with the satchel still open on the shelf, my hands unsteady in a way that had nothing to d
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