Thoros Myr's POV
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The distance between us felt endless, stretched out like something cruel and deliberate.
I watched from the tree line as the Alpha's personal guard fanned out slowly around Sylvia and Rand, closing the gap with the calm, practiced patience of men who had done this exact kind of work many times before, men who did not need to hurry because they already believed the outcome had been decided long before they ever arrived.
"Rand." I heard Sylvia's voice carry clear across the clearing, steady despite everything happening around her.
"Tell me the truth right now. Did you know about this? Did you know your own father sen
