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Chapter 73
The unbearable silence stretched, like the edge of a blade hovering at the skin. Rokhen’s boots crunched closer behind Kaelen, but the old man didn’t notice. His gaze was locked and burning.When Sahrak finally spoke, his voice was hoarse, almost reverent.“This shouldn't…”The word hung like smoke, refusing to dissipate.“You good?” Kaelen muttered, waving his hand lazily toward the old man still standing in the half-almost broken cage. His tone was casual, almost mocking, but his eyes—still sharp from the fight—didn’t miss the way Sahrak’s hands trembled slightly at his sides.Sahrak wasn’t even looking at him. His gaze was fixed on the wooden floor of the cart, the same floor he had been standing on for hours, but now his eyes were wide and haunted, as if it had suddenly come alive beneath him.Rokhen moved with his usual, unhurried determination. His boots crunched into the sand as he stepped forward, raising his sword without a word. Flame wrapped around the steel, yellow and
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Varohn’s hand still smoldered, lazily curling black fire around his fingers like smoke made solid, reaching for the wagon. Kaelen didn’t waste a breath. His boots blazed to life, as blue fire roared beneath him, and he flipped through the air, hurling a circular ripple of flame.The ring of azure fire spun low across the sand, whistling like a blade as it cut toward Varohn’s arm. It struck with a violent crack, sending the dark blast wide, tearing into the space beside the wooden cell cart. Sand exploded into the air, raining charred splinters down. The wagon groaned in protest but still held.“Not today,” Kaelen hissed through his teeth.Varohn only smirked, unbothered, sliding his eyes past Kaelen. His gaze sharply locked on Zaria.Zaria stiffened where she stood with Yareni, blanching her face in the firelight.“No!” Kaelen’s chest lurched. His voice tore out hoarse and raw with panic. His eyes widened, dilating his pupils against the blaze, and instinct took over. Blue fire er
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“You’re one to speak…” Kaelen said, using a steady voice, locking his eyes onto the blazing figure in front of him.“Kaelen!” Rokhen’s voice cut through the heat-hazed air like a crack of thunder. He strode forward, grinding his boots into the sand, taunting his face with urgency. “Once he takes that form, you won’t be able to take him alone.” His tone dropped lower, almost a growl. “He’s too powerful in that state.”Kaelen’s left arm shifted just slightly to the side, opening his palm wide—a silent command to stop. His eyes never left Varohn, whose body burned like a living pyre, hungrily snapping flames in the air.Kaelen’s voice was calm but edged with steel. “Please, Commander… don’t take this the wrong way. I’m not looking down on you… I’m not saying your help wouldn’t make a difference.” He paused just long enough to glance back over his shoulder, tightening the corners of his mouth. “But this… this is something I need to do on my own.”He closed his eyes for a heartbeat, inha
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“You expect me to just… tell you that?” Varohn’s voice was a low growl, pulling his brow tight until his eyes were nothing more than burning slits. Kaelen tilted his head, almost casually. “Sure… why not?” He shifted Sahen aside slightly, dragging the man’s weight in his grip like a sack of grain. “You’re the all-powerful, ruthless guy that’s been causing a whole lot of problems. I mean—” his gaze flicked past Varohn, “—look at what you did.”His chin jerked toward the canyon at the far side.Varohn followed his line of sight. The jagged cliffs looked like something a god had taken a bite out of—half the canyon wall was completely pulverized, and the rest was hanging jagged and raw. Dust still clung to the air, as the smell of scorched stone still rode with the wind.“What about it?” Varohn’s voice came dry, almost bored.Kaelen turned back to him with climbing eyebrows. “I mean—seriously. What did that canyon ever do to you? It was just standing there, minding its business, not butt
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Sahen’s grin stretched wide—too wide. He crouched low, flashing the daggers in his hands as he rolled them across his fingers. Each spin cut the air with a faint, sharp whoosh, as the metal caught the light for half a heartbeat before vanishing into motion again.Then—click. He slid the blades back into their sheaths, almost casually.“I won’t feel satisfied just slashing you to death,” he said, curling his voice with dark amusement. The heat in the air seemed to spike with his words.And then—he moved.His boots hammered against the wooden floor of the tent, rattling each impact through the frame. Boom-boom-boom. He burst forward like a predator covering the gap between them in less than a second.“I’ll beat you until you can’t move anymore!” Sahen snarled, leaping in, igniting his right fist in a violent bloom of flame. He threw it forward in a straight, vicious punch aimed squarely for Kaelen’s head.“...Nah,” Kaelen muttered under his breath, with an almost lazy voice. “I need t
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“So…,” Kaelen carried a soft voice that sounded like a steady hand on a fraying rope, “you don’t have to bother your already bothered heart about my memories… or even worry about me getting separated from you ever again.”Then his head tilted forward, locking his eyes squarely with Sahen’s — two hard points of light, unwavering. “So yes, um… sire…?” His gaze sharpened, constricting his pupils.“It’s Sahen,” the man snapped, drawing out his other dagger with a whip-fast flick of the wrist. Metal hissed as the twin blades caught the light. His feet slid apart into a predatory stance, and he bent his knees just enough for the launch.“Ah… yes… Sahen,” Kaelen echoed with the faintest nod. “I lost part of my memories — you’re correct about that. And about the part where you declared you’d beat the crap outta me a second time…” He let his lips curl into a small, humorless smile, dropping his tone into something lower and heavier. “… I’d really like to see you try.”The air in the tent see
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