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THE HUNT THAT WASN’T MEANT

POV: ARAYA

Dawn pools cold in the Vale of Hollow Winds, a pale film over black pines and frost-bitten grass. Breath ghosts from my lips. The air tastes like iron, pine sap, and the tension before a blade is drawn.

Across the clearing, Dorian moves.

Not trains. Moves—like the world is something...