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Chapter 36: Her Warning Saves Lives

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Sera's Pov

Riven moved the second I said it.

He was on his feet and out the door before I had even let go of his arm, his voice already carrying down the hallway, short and sharp, the kind of orders that did not need explaining because the tone of them did all the work. I heard boots hitting the floor, doors opening, the compound snapping into motion all at once the way it did when he spoke in that particular register.

I followed him out. Not because he asked me to. Because I needed to see.

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