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They turned to find her stepping out of a tear in the air, like a wound into the darkness.

Behind her, her dark mate followed.

"Theron and Laziel in the same room… how fun," this time Amara spoke only into Beof’s mind.

"What happened to you?" The tension eased at once when Lavinia saw her sister hurt.

She came closer to examine her with concern.

"Don’t worry, Lavi, it was just a silly thing. Beof already gave me his blood, it’ll heal right away. We fell in here by accident…" Amara’s so