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We ran.
Not away.
Around.
Flanking.
Valerius and Sol were locked together, power tearing the air apart. We moved behind Valerius.
"Now!" I shouted.
Caroline unleashed everything she had.
Water crushed him from behind, slamming him forward into Sol's shadows. The collision was violent enough to split the ground.
Valerius screamed.
And vanished.
Just—gone.
The air stilled.
Sol collapsed to one knee.
Caroline dropped beside him. "Did we—?"
"No," Sol breathed. "But we hurt him."
My chest heaved.
Sol looked at Caroline. "You fought an immortal."
She stared at her hands. "I didn't die."
"No," he agreed. "You did not."
Silence settled.
Then—
Sol smiled.
A real one.
"You are dangerous," he said.
Caroline swallowed. "Thank you?"
He stood. "Tomorrow will be worse."
I groaned. "Of course it will."
Sol vanished again.
Caroline slumped against me. "I think I hate our life now."
I laughed weakly. "Same."
But deep inside—
