CALEB’S POVWatching Ragnar kiss Thalia was pure, unadulterated torture.Seeing his hands near her, seeing the way she eventually stopped resisting and let him close—it made a wild, dangerous surge of jealousy explode in my chest. Every instinct in my body screamed at me to storm across the training room, grab Ragnar by his throat, and pry them apart by force. But I couldn't move. I had absolutely no right to step in. I was the one who had brought her nothing but tears, terror, and pain. So, before they could notice me standing in the shadows, I turned around silently and walked away. I climbed the stone stairs all the way to the high rooftop of the main building, needing the biting morning air to cool the fire in my blood.I stood at the edge of the roof, my eyes fixed on the shimmering, translucent barrier that locked us in. Suddenly, the phone in my pocket began to vibrate. Ever since the board opened up the internal lines for emergency use, I had access to my device again. I p
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