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CHAPTER 49
~Xander's POV~
I didn't turn back as I left Valerie standing with her friend, Isla, Dristan's cousin as I heard.
I didn't need to either. I could feel her eyes on me, heavy and conflicted. I could also smell hdr emotions from here. She was suspicious.
I would have been the same way, after whatever happened with the wolf heirs but I was not one of them.
Valerie, on the other hand, God, she's smart, I'd give her that. Way too smart and that's what made her dangerous.
But that flip—Goddess, that flip. My lips tugged into a slow grin as the image replayed in my head.
The way she moved across those spikes, landed on the edge like she had wings on her feet. My dragon purred in satisfaction.
"You're smiling like an idiot." Zila's voice cut through my thoughts, sharply and amused as always.
"Shut up," I muttered under my breath.