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Chapter 71
“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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Yareni’s bow arm finally eased, dropping her shoulders just enough for breath to freely find its way back into her lungs. Her eyes stayed wide though — the kind of wide that comes when you’ve just seen something you didn’t expect to see again… or maybe ever.Zaria didn’t move. Didn’t breathe. She was frozen, staring, with her sword still trembling faintly in her grip. But then she saw it — the way the newcomer’s weight leaned slightly into his right leg, the subtle crook of his bow legs, the easy looseness in his posture even in the middle of danger. That body language — she’d seen it before. She knew it, like a tune you could hum in your sleep.Her hand shot up to cover her mouth, as a sharp gasp escaped before she could stop it. Her eyes glistened.“Yo,” Kaelen said, like this was some casual meet-and-greet in a bazaar. He raised a hand lazily, swaying his palm side to side just above his chest, like he was greeting a friend across the street. His grin was wide, with half-close
Chapter 66
Moments ago…The wind was pushing the desert’s dry heat right into Kaelen’s face, the kind of heat that dried your lips and made your eyes sting. His horse’s steady gallop kicked up swirls of dust as he followed the faint tracks of scorched carving through the sand—fresh enough that the sands from the wind hadn’t yet swallowed them below.He tugged the reins lightly, slowing the pace as the trail led him to a distant shape on the horizon. The caravan.He pulled up, making the horse come to a smooth but restless halt, while swaying its body slightly beneath him. From here, it was a long, tense scattered line of wagons and riders, all squared up like they were bracing for a storm.Kaelen leaned forward a bit, squinting and tracing his gaze along the defensive line until it landed on the cage in the back. A cage that sat still, guarded… and inside—yes. The silhouette was unmistakable.“Yeah… the old man is definitely in there,” Kaelen muttered, as the restless snort of his horse half-
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