Daydreams of joining the rangers defined his adolescence. Jassyn recalled the giddy excitement of being included in one of their scouting missions—before he was sent to the academy. If things had been different between him and Vesryn, it was possible he would have chosen that path instead. But that was a time before the weight of his contracts began strangling his autonomy. He later grasped that entering their ranks meant enduring even more of the prince’s vicious behavior. And besides, if Vesryn hadn’t pushed him off of a flying dracovae during his first flight, Jassyn doubted excessive
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