Vane's POV The courtyard was a graveyard of shattered stone and splintered wood, the last echoes of the battle still ringing in my ears as I watched the dust settle. My chest heaved with every breath, my broadsword still gripped tight in my hand, the blade slick with the blood of the rogues we'd just finished tearing apart. Lilith was behind me, I could feel her presence, warm and fierce, her magic crackling against my skin like static electricity. The triplets were at her side, their tiny claws extended, their silver eyes glowing with a protective rage that mirrored their mother's. But the calm that followed the fight was short-lived, because the air in front of us started to ripple and distort like heat rising off asphalt in the middle of summer.A tear in reality split open right in the middle of the ruined courtyard, and through it stepped four figures that made my blood run cold and hot all at the same time. There I was, standing in front of me, but it wasn't me. It was me if I'
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