TWENTYTHREE-BOUNDLESS&BARE
KING We hadn't spoken in days. The aching arm of silence still stretched out between us, welcoming us into its suffocating embrace. I hadn't forgotten the way he had looked at me after. Sinfully dark brows knitted together in confusion over eyes that bore just as many hidden secrets as my own. I've killed my mate before, what makes you think I won't do it again. It was a stupid thing to say in retrospect. I was more annoyed at myself than anything else, how could I let something like that slip? And for what? He didn't deserve to know me like that. Today the fighting began, I could feel a renewed sense of bloodlust heavy in the air as I followed the thin stream of people into the depths of the training hall. The air was hot and thick with unguarded angst, sweaty bodies pressed tig
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