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Lachlan cocked an eyebrow at Valor, inked at him “Aye,” he said “We’ll return to that discussion later”

“Always later,” she grumbled, but smiled at the two of us all the same

Lachlan raised his pal the upper hand for once “Showafter hours with your punch combinations,” he said, a tease in his eyes “I’ sure you do your homework”

I nodded, trying to look as innocent as possible But the absolute last thing Benedict and I had been working on was punch co hts had als But ere finally able to be alone in his room?

Goddess, he’d kept me up for hours before I’d transitioned, but now? There was no end to our hunger for each other

“Jokes aside, lass,” Lachlan said, sainout of time We need you as focused and trained as possible if ant to stand a chance against Genevieve”

“Right,” I said, fully co down to reality The one I’d lived in whenever I allowed myself to stand still for more than five seconds

A reality wherewould only give us abattle And there sure as hell was a battle co

Because my mother…

I threw a three-point cohtout with each connection to Lachlan’s paly slithered between ers

“Again”

MyLuna as her heir at Conclave, and even though that is what Luna deserved, I hated that she hadn’t even given rieve I couldn’t wait to tell her I was alive…after I finished this

A four-point co in his usual cold gaze “Again”

I blew out a breath, not because —because it wasn’t, thanks to th—but because of the ache in my chest I hadn’t been able to soothe The one that haunted me whenever I closed my eyes and sawher incredible

I punched three two-point co up with each connected hit Every connection, I saw her face Every hit, I saw her evil shter