Aurora’s POVThe echo of the persons scream still rang faintly in my ears as they tumbled backward. Blue cautioned me. Be careful, Aurora , this is a setup. Someone wants to provoke you.“I know,” I whispered.But before I could even lean forward to check whether she’d broken anything, a blur swept past me, gray, fast as a streak of wind.Gray appeared at my side with a force that bent the air.He didn’t just run.He teleported.One moment he wasn’t there.The next, his arms were around me, bracing my back and pulling me out of danger.“Aurora,” he said, breath sharp with fear, “are you hurt?”I blinked, trying to steady the way the world tilted. The stone where I’d been standing was cracked from the fall, the air swirling with dust. My knee burned, sharp, hot, but other than that, I was intact.Gray’s hands skimmed my shoulders, my waist, checking with trembling urgency.“I’m fine,” I said softly.His gaze flickered down to my knee, blood seeping through torn fabric. A storm passed
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