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Chapter 287 - Nytherin Voss

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CHAPTER 287

~Valerie's POV~

Everything should have worked out well, but I just realised I wasn't in my dorm room anymore.

Now, as I sat perched on the window frame, that conversation still echoed in my head.

Axel had meant well, but this wasn't about him. Or the bond. Or heat.

It was about me, and what I needed to do. I was confident in my ability to slip in and adopt a different persona if I had to impersonate someone and take their place.

I exhaled slowly, testing the footing on the windowsill. The outer wall of the fifth room was layered with stone and vines—rough enough to scale if you knew where to place your feet.

Heart pounding, I swung one leg out, then the other, and gripped the edge of the window.

And then I leapt.

The drop wasn't far, but the moment my feet hit the ground, I was moving—fast, silently, cutting through the undergrowth and past the shadows of the building.

The night forest welcomed me like an old secret, thankfully. 

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