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Chapter 44: Into the Storm

Randall’s POV

I had underestimated Clara’s feelings of abandonment and duty. Everyone said she was a fantastic Luna and an upstanding lady of court, but now I finally knew the reasoning behind her distant and somewhat cold attitude towards me.

We had always wanted each other, that was clear, but when that didn’t work out I fled, sewing my wild oats in battle in the East, while Clara threw herself into the endless demands of high society, purposefully shedding the parts of herself that were desperately holding on to the memory of me.

I had been wrong to push her. I had especially been wrong to think I was saving her from anything. Clara was always capable of saving herself, and she was willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of my reputation.