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Chapter 12 - Beneath the surface.
Two days later:
Since I’d been staying in Talon’s quarters, things were much quieter and Lyra hadn’t once been by. Luckily, Kyan had only stopped by once since the last time and I was already in bed when I heard him speaking to Talon, but the hushed conversation was too quiet for me to know what they were speaking about and I didn’t want to take my chances of hovering by the door, being nosey, seeing as he was once again curious about who I was.
I had started to relax more around Lord Talon. He didn’t speak a lot, apart from the usual morning small talk, he spent most of his time writing in big brown heavy books or signing things and reading. He would do his rounds of the castle to keep a watch over everything, but he was never gone for too long and I’d spend my time just pottering in and out of my room. The time would slowly tick by, but as bored as I s
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