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Chapter 23 – Janus

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RHETT

I didn’t go back to sleep. Didn’t even bother trying. Instead, I went for a run, pulling on the strength of the knight to give me inhuman speed.

Strangely enough, I felt stronger. Faster. More aware of my surroundings. Each sense heightened more than usual. I felt like a wolf. Or at least what I imagined my friends felt like when they shifted and ran through the woods.

It was invigorating, to say the least, and I only stopped when I reached one of the outposts. I took a seat on the bench outside the little hut. There was no guard here tonight, that or he was patrolling. I pulled a lighter and my smokes from my pants pocket and lit it. Taking a deep satisfying drag of the tobacco stick. And watched as the smoke I blew out lifted into the air and dissipated.

With the next drag, I made smoke rings.

“You’re getting stronger Rhett.” I was so absorbed in watching the smoke rise and the tranquility of the mountain that I hadn’t even heard Travis sneak up on me. That was concerning. “I
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Mag Cayou
please update soon I've been reading random stories waiting n I'm disappointed lol
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Mag Cayou
they didn't tell him cuz they're afraid he won't get the dagger in the 1st place so hopefully they explain cuz hes feeling betrayed. I can't wait for what's to come
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Nancy Brown
I feel bad for rett being left out of the loop .wonder why they would be that way
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