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Chapter 72 – Distance and Reflection

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Caspian's POV

The letter arrived three weeks after Aria left the Academy, delivered by the same regional courier system that had been carrying reports about her territorial negotiations and pack leadership activities.

I stared at the Nightborne family seal for several minutes before opening it, trying to decide whether I was ready to read whatever message lay inside.

"From your mysterious former roommate?" Riven asked, settling into the chair across from mine in the Academy library where we'd been studying for final examinations.

"Probably."

"You could just read it."

"I could."

"Or you could continue staring at it like it might explode."

"That's also an option."

I'd been struggling with the question of Aria—of who she really was versus who I'd thought she was—since the night of her dramatic revelation. Part of me missed the person I'd known as "Ari," while another part of me was fascinated by the glimpses I'd gotten of Aria Nightborne, future Alpha.

The problem was that I couldn't tru
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