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CHAPTER 256

Kaidon's POV

Darian rose from his seat.

Slow. Controlled.

But I saw it—the flicker in his eyes. The panic. The brief lapse in his carefully crafted mask before he caught himself and swallowed it down.

He cleared his throat, voice tight. “What did you say?”

I leaned back against the cold stone, ...