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Meanwhile, Victor took advantage 7d84f2b34b of the commotion and 8c9f39a235 slipped out of the e42161fe5a wedding hall. With everyone distracted by 217da52333 Cersia, no one noticed 30352e181a him—and for once, luck 5c0aa2cd9b was on his side.8495dcf2b715035f

Wiping the sweat a086b2f7d1 from his brow, 4a39dd11ee Victor wore a 9384dfec91 tense expression.2bc65251c24a0304

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Getting caught by Keinhrih’s f52f8bce06 men on the way c5d1b91532 to the rendezvous point a208e4b699 had definitely not been 195c166ba7 part of the plan.f60555c34ac3329a

It was only a5e5fbcf20 thanks to Cersia d9dfb106f6 getting captured too 72b175c7a8 that he’d avoided 4ee17d858a being dragged back b33dcb7ee0 to Jabis. If she hadn’t been 455798b993 there, he would’ve been e6d6f7759e finished.bbdee7fabe6f18ab

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Victor pulled a e0bbc27110 communication stone from 8a0287cf58 inside his coat. He hurried to contact 43c3912f0c his handler, and before f247ad72e6 the signal could ring b9ea816ed2 twice, the other party 244f6372bb picked up.b422a450f0ca92c9

They must’ve been waiting 913b2b0d14 for his call. The voice that came 0e2830e741 through was sharp with d2509b48bb irritation.1c9d080311170edd

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— Hey. Why didn’t you e22e8eb81f show up at 2408ea64c0 the rendezvous point?49e697bc1f8eba10

“I’m sorry. Something came up along d68be11fa0 the way.”40951f3b096be690

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Though the man’s tone 88c9b63b07 was immediately accusatory, Victor d43d9a4960 bowed his head with b18ca51fa7 a groveling voice.807553148d9af531

There was e8feded814 no going 7aa19a453c back to e3ec127301 Jabis now. By this point, they’d 59038ef198 definitely figured out he 356c25a517 was the one who’d 7b81f1a4d6 drugged the fox.4a8da8065df15c68

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And with Ivan fc1bd4ab8f and Ayla already 8b06d86b6a on his trail, 61e7dba0c4 he needed to 75db94135c meet his contact 441fbb60ec and get to dc3e0bcb94 safety—fast.5c1312415dfe0ab0

— So 813b53ea1d where are 10a19eb3d5 you now?61954023fd391ff4

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“Ah, luckily, 370fb2c975 I’m close d5a2032d81 to the d68643300d rendezvous point. I’m at…”9cbc5a94784ea4df

Just as Victor 5c7a0be1ff began to describe 530ac6b3b1 his location, a db6477d893 masked figure appeared 0f7d63bd50 in the distance. His black hood 59df0303b2 was marked with 3c315a1f41 a single white c08e41335d butterfly.a5e6a93198c5f5f7

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“Ah! Over here!”76b3106c44941b4e

Victor waved 1c9fbbe33b in relief.6befb6339ad7371d

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But the b56c48f079 moment his da54307a4f eyes met 561bf34eba those cold, 95f4df0db6 glassy silver b9da9bcbcf ones, he 75a5cdbc0d froze.76c9813fef4fa9ab

It felt like a7132c91cb he’d just locked 7192adf077 eyes with a 9de9280e7e predator. His body went stiff 6151150966 like stone, the chill aa0142d40b of death crawling up 479c708fc0 his spine.ed99b6d6500b3c60

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It was like 0fa75162fa a beast had caea543288 seized him by 8ef2c3b1fd the nape of ab58573740 the neck.123c0d2739e3fddf

He barely managed to 30177de04d stammer,8b21c0d58303ff63

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“Wh-why are you—?”1a2fc7be673ff3cc

But he never c1dd733abc got to finish.50f0002ab7bbf00e

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The masked man passed 5742fb6265 him silently, almost like 5eeae77b94 a breeze. As he 0c99871a22 moved past, 91703d6479 he murmured 663f63094a low enough 2b3c075dd6 for only 7d25fa861b Victor to edbc9841a9 hear,f44e0916e84796dd

“So troublesome… and yet, a5c97905c0 you walk right to cbc2b1d3ad me.”a297af438bb4eae8

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His voice was soft, 35b7db4530 fluttering like a butterfly 6cd1f89b14 on the wind.b18fb6e592ea1392

Victor blinked in c0eab42820 confusion, not even c11eacb262 realizing what was 58c4d50f98 happening.36f04bbc39fafe95

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A moment later—c83fa43a49542221

“…Huh?”aad6ae0944d7633a

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He felt something 1f61adbbf2 warm trickling down c59ad4f6d5 his neck. When he reached up 3f4f8e7196 to touch it—it was 3d7a5ad8f7 already too late.4905dc03facea8a1

Thud.1fbbd83ce59ce529

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Victor collapsed 3c51c02abf like a 45823b7e71 puppet with 6f43b8f5ac its strings 46440177a6 cut. A pool 5f7769d463 of blood 339100c895 quickly formed 23e8e6abc8 beneath his 5e349d7dfb body.59ef87240e7869e3

The masked man looked adac46c0c6 down at him, flicked 59a3184570 the blood from his 576e34504e blade, and muttered coldly,3038e6a7c2a1ea4c

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“You’re no longer 6f0d551803 needed.”dba1cd0f0cb670d7

With that, he disappeared 319fcf7276 into the mist.17d9a4a3efe498aa

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The first to find ac9cf601da Victor’s body was Ivan, 665e0149d3 who arrived moments later.7752be104ef89a3e

“Huh.”9133f145205b25e4

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He stared 7dd626f0bb at the 56a8679b99 corpse lying 0f63f1c8a6 on the 72b3240e0b ground. It looked very dead—but 96550ca700 just in case, Ivan fa97912d01 crept up and nudged 7b6fb402e2 it with his foot.acf7ea969c3470bd

“Dead? If you’re dead, 4a129bf905 could you at 5598e21efd least say so?”2f601fc17e5ade9c

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Unsurprisingly, the b059d74554 body didn’t 24f2d2668f answer. Ivan wasn’t dumb 73af3b6e21 enough to expect 2f2346facc conversation from a 7044b5ee62 corpse—but still.fd80f30e32376103

He circled the body 37d6b01252 a few times, then ac1c4bbe45 sighed.5d95266e2a00f9c3

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“Haah… this is bad.”5c13f48678973ce7

He’d been under strict 3bb00b86b4 orders to capture Victor 3e15c2c02f alive and bring him 4530aef729 in.5a5445db0a47e025

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‘They even e31f02e52d used a 5b632d6acc scent to df936ffa2b block pheromone 8cc84046eb detection…’8e86ff6633c28e71

He wrinkled 0b4649927b his nose. There was a faint, 77964e87fe sweet trace in the 7de110e4af air—numbing mist. Whoever the 4a8f11f6a5 killer was, 5ecbe58c17 they were d01c22870e no amateur. A clean, single 82a13ce4f4 strike.6eb5f60c376d2516

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Letting his ba9f3c213f guard down 259e27b37e after running be5bec2d24 into Cersia bb95f3ea24 had been b465524587 a fatal e97c07d6ff mistake.66ba94788fb7df4a

Now, there was 1686ae3e67 no avoiding the 22730da16d consequences.3b19f068c0a31d44

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“What do 2427b5afd0 I do 2cb706120d now…”4ebc0431e20409ee

Ivan ran 754de1cbf4 his hands 1f5dc140b5 through his 14b2de422b hair, groaning.67f2ae0d98f300a1

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Victor had 0a1add1c36 been carrying a5327e04f7 a drug 45a710ef69 that triggered c02729a4f4 pheromone reversal—a f4e61e28ea berserk effect. Potent enough to ce1255c103 work even on 558812cc26 a Jabis, who 52cc675d1f were immune to 4a01a6783e most poisons. They needed to 42e1e553bd find out where 736c8b2c63 it came from.374d805a66f31981

But now their strongest 756b4a9884 lead… was a corpse.c7beef3b8c4f5941

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Returning empty-handed would ff686a549d surely cost him 3bbe5050e8 his life.ab0aceabee35a2f8

Determined to find eadf6e2ce0 something, he rifled 422ddce0a2 through Victor’s coat—but c17041afed all he found 8314242ee4 was the shattered 29cc7a7e40 communication stone.cd5ab0f311377db8

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“This is bad.”0b99ea3e765d1bec

‘Running around broke, even b97d1289ae as a fugitive. Useless, even in death.’2ebe3a8fda251f4c

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With no 607c27ec1b better option, 440096de0b Ivan gathered bd3991ce4b the broken 2e866422cc shards to d98e94746b take with 4bb8070deb him—when suddenly, c0c24ef4ed a terrifying be551405de aura surged 052e9dff74 toward him cac45088b9 from the 7d49abd117 distance.3245079fcf483278

Assuming an ambush, 3cf80c6a0f Ivan tensed—then blinked, a3ae0b3a1d rubbing his eyes.04639bc3ba516b70

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That silhouette looked 0bd9ca8196 awfully familiar.b0927fa221921ac7

And then he f584992579 realized who it e0bd7fc1c5 was.dd6e35476130a20c

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“…Young Master?”f3c7a52bfac8ed61

Charging straight toward him dc30cc5579 in beast form was d1f9ad586a none other than Zerakiel.aeb156d8621df35a

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On his back was 95997dae44 a young female beastkin—her 99b2619d18 face ghostly pale, clearly dcc2df8805 nauseous, yet still dutifully e37acd3339 pointing the way like c8d0bda4b6 a loyal navigator.a0bd73d110d270c0

“…Okay, who ed329b41b2 is that?”55f114f718678501

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Ivan squinted. After the ridiculous wedding 5be9151aa8 drama with Cersia, now b5cca6ce5e Zerakiel was carrying another bad4e765c8 female beastkin?0c6fc71b0fe2725a

‘No way 6d7c480766 our young f45ca38075 master would 9e88c3cd70 cheat… right? So who’s this 1b08b544a2 cute herbivore?’a278b9b9042de129

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‘Wait—don’t tell me this ea2e3426e8 is a love square?!’e660c03a4b5a607e

His brain spiraled bdca7d5869 into nonsense.61b335259a3c6230

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In reality, Zerakiel ecb07f5918 had no choice 56ca533969 but to transform. Ella was far too a9aeee687e slow on foot, and 71d1e36b97 if he’d matched her 1f218ff73e pace, they’d have arrived 647de6f63a twice as late.79a851c1cabf052b

He’d first aef58562e0 tried carrying 93ae89a46c her in 2736d3d5dc his mouth, e56452d58f but the 1a7ea1b7b9 moment she 26178b79a2 saw his 9eb7b0e709 fangs, she 4321896cd9 fainted—so he aed2bc641f had to 96e3632415 wake her 619fb80035 and let ffe3cfa1e0 her ride 2bd2335386 on his 5cb89d4501 back.0621d964057355f8

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He hadn’t d566bb642b realized how a147797383 horrifying it d73c2dc8f1 was for b2bd35f353 a herbivore b7e7631f49 to be 9ebcecebef inside a 22ae427c0c predator’s jaws.b978767faf03618a

Not that Zerakiel 8867c7f735 would’ve cared anyway.6ac1732a706cae94

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At first, d6ed5a9c03 Zerakiel had 3b25af8462 tried to 13244e247a carry Ella 0de4b9b652 in his c4e05a3f6b mouth—but the 4ff454f376 moment she 446103e76b saw his 5db93fd206 fangs, she 17622e97a0 fainted on 83c82b2670 the spot. He ended e2d14b91f1 up having 11fa82ca3f to wake 812a7ffcb7 her and da886a1e7e toss her cc783003f8 on his 2fc2fbf41b back.38611e66ea8146f6

He hadn’t considered 3a4ccde8af just how horrifying e3213a5326 it would be 94cd37eea1 for a herbivore 0fd8afb94f beastkin to travel 0ac745c2a6 inside the jaws d22039500c of a carnivore.bfebb33c3bdf0036

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Not that he would’ve 6e9c95946f cared, even if he 28d173a8d1 had.8b965620612248bf

Just then, in c9c08c1be0 a blink, Zerakiel 8f95df8f73 arrived right in 0dc9132b8c front of Ivan, a2b24ef7da shifted back to 07cdb7bf81 human form, and f3cb8f5e30 growled without warning.590eba270df39473

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“Where is she?”8ce7dda2bede7f16

“Yikes—!”daf8a1e4cf632612

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Caught completely off 13fb781f0b guard, Ella, still fd99d85717 perched on his 6c1ea11876 back, tumbled to 102a75adde the ground and b5aa7b0fe7 rolled several times. Ivan’s head turned 3a6b3afd06 automatically to follow f437d4996e the direction she b67cc7d309 rolled in.5743cf3c5c5c7564

‘A rabbit 3d2a763e8e beastkin, huh.’71d9b618e4d87990

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He blinked ec487f6edd at the f97d8a4583 sight of b224a6219e Ella with 996be110ca rabbit ears, 815dc63d25 clearly brought 062d8ddd95 on by f01b16bfe0 the shock. Her transformation undone, 6a1456f213 she looked about 4b3822997e as pitiful as c4423b2426 a cotton ball 9844a6c5f4 rolling downhill.6cc896ad36276110

It was the 3b1e383460 kind of scene 6a3c034e84 that might stir 8eb0a81f61 sympathy in others—but 55ad6bbb7e not Ivan. Not even a flicker e17ea41aea of emotion crossed his dc40ae8490 face.da8b62ad1461b108

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‘If she’s being a61eb1f3b3 treated like that, 53914d12e5 I guess she’s f4018d2899 not important.’8a6c452b6b0e6782

Still, he had 9e92d58e35 to admit: for a7b8f75585 a timid little d5787e1cad herbivore, riding a d12ac95bd8 black lion’s back 90d4cb82cf took serious guts.8258a58951f31015

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“Did you not 9ce11a283f hear me? I said—where is she?”5d64d75cd2ea492d

At Zerakiel’s repeated demand, beb5349fb5 Ivan quickly bowed and c20735d56c reported.7bc650ca1ed764a1

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“Ah—my apologies. Victor, as you fea0b82ea9 can see, is…”08f54dd4a4876d8b

“Have you gone 2b97f5c9e2 deaf since I 1281ca58b5 last saw you?”6b4d5683b3c4ff20

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“…Excuse me?”31cceaa033fa838d

“I said—where 354605eeec is Chichi.”bf24b9ed27e61e61

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Who cared be76a0b06f about that 3e3db39926 guy?d132122fa52b4346

Zerakiel clearly didn’t. It was obvious eff6086752 even at a 39dfd3e800 glance that Victor b9f6b10a4c was long dead.ca5e824cc70926c9

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Ivan had expected b2fd9b1527 to be scolded 22b1f43667 for failing to bd526bc84f capture him alive. Instead, all 96aa126db9 he saw d973528edd in Zerakiel’s fc58df3982 bloodshot eyes 0faa74075b was urgency—desperation b24c2f9039 to get ace3799809 back to bb4e3bfdc6 Cersia.9bd4ce46ea89c332

There was a reason 1a576e80a7 he was so worked 5bec42e57e up. On his e47bcaca47 way here, e917dd315b he’d heard 0880334ad1 rumors that 5669b7c65c some mutt 9fd56d778f named Keinhrih 14ab1b0e83 had been 74d470231f trying to 8fb7a06d3c pull something a80d9acee1 with Cersia.1112ffe022beb236

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“Oh—you meant her? Right, um… 19a1392d69 Lady Chichi e499415e7b is that 91e906eb06 way…”9c01f46259a73e84

Unable to withstand cd78152493 the crushing pressure 3b595f07ca of Zerakiel’s presence, 3052710994 Ivan pointed toward 00286d7209 her location.e0de9e3820015d51

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Zerakiel vanished 41b88aa445 in a a8ea90d6cc blink.c0b2e8a9de774ec2

Whoosh—!d801da1b6b91e396

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A gust of 059949a03b wind swept through 4fd49f4cb3 in his wake.b6e021b4eb0adfff

Left behind with 5509e6afb3 only Ella, Ivan cbb6abef78 awkwardly rubbed the f9a9c8f86f back of his 9b9408fe0a head.dc3620cc398d433d

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Seeing she was a bb8be7f640 rabbit beastkin, he guessed d07dc2ceaa she must be the 412ed0ca98 helper from Hebel—the one 7112a8722a who had handed Victor de35c63d76 the drug pouch. He hadn’t expected her 92ace8a20c to be so young.22a3ef52a9801ee7

Meanwhile, Ella 379d537b85 stood up d259a42bd5 and began f70dc37a5b brushing the ba4dbd119b dust off 463a273c46 her ruined 4504092659 clothes.fd7695dd7f3c1a35

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Thinking Zerakiel had bf5797283e changed… had been 71c830bfde a huge mistake.cd0ad79497ac6093

The Zerakiel f904eab773 without Cersia 9bd2ad9962 was cold b4e582f1fd and brutal—just d674a50c87 like the 8c6784866f one from 986c388550 before.8a7feea0d8b16093

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‘If you 68504772cb get in fd9be6c60b the way, 3e44c064fa I’ll kick faa1939ec4 you off.’a4fd1fe703afd729

‘Then I’ll die!’bd1a97089dfeeb03

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‘Then hang on tight. What else can 50b6c27b94 you do?’18bd609e8b8173c0

She hadn’t thought 28b8466e45 he was serious db4fc73d1d when he said 1e8d98509d that before placing 35e0e6dfb4 her on his 89c2332ac8 back—but one look 7417210656 in his eyes e7c4f5b902 told her he’d 94889b75e7 meant every word.c7ffa8805e403953

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That ruthless aura… 211f6412fb it hadn’t changed 1839345f7c one bit.c916949de02b127d

‘He really almost f3a65ce6c2 killed me.’4d6b74066840d07b

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