Unbound (Confluence Academy, #1)
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Read between August 30 - September 15, 2025
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He hesitates, conflict visible in the tense line of his shoulders. “Do you trust me?” he asks suddenly.
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Oh FOOK
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On the surface, he looks as calm and collected as ever. And yet... I sense something else behind his eyes. Something like desperation. Or maybe impatience?
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Oh boi
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The idea is about as believable to me as our table growing legs and running off,
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I beg
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We stumble closer to the pool, stepping down into the waters until it soaks our boots and pants up to the calf.
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Gross, that is a public bath!
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Each thrust sends water splashing, the gentle sounds mixing with our ragged breathing. He walks us backward until my spine meets the edge of the pool again.
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Oh my......THIS IS A PUBLIC BATH
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I’ll still be hunting you with the others. But I’ll do it honorably, with skill against skill, magic against magic. The only thanks I need is for you to be living when I find you.”
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Ok vegeta
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and then casually strip out of my clothes, making sure to bend very low and very long to unstrap my shoes.
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If ur both on a kill list, u shouldnt be creating distractions for both of u ON THE LAST NIGHT THEY CAN COME FOR U
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“This doesn’t change anything,” he murmurs against my neck, his teeth grazing the sensitive spot beneath my ear
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This dramatic phrase doesnt make sense. He made an oath to u, talks about not being able to go on living if u were to die, doesnt change anything my asss.
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But I can sense the lie in his words and my own, feel the emotions he’s trying so desperately to conceal.
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Pffft
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I sit up beside him. “No more secrets, Raith.
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And the notion of saying "nothing changes" is gone lol
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“The war is not what you’ve been taught, Nessa. The history your scribes record is carefully curated to support Empire’s narrative.”
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This is my surprised face, fourth wing type beat
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the deep toll of a bell cuts through the slowly brightening morning air—a single, solemn note that makes my blood run cold. The Crucible is beginning. Earlier than planned. Much earlier. It’s the middle of the night, not morning
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Huh?? Is it morning or not? you said slowly brightening morning...?
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He’ll want my mind on the Crucible, not on the complicated mess of whatever just happened between us. Love. Betrayal. Confusion. Conflicting loyalties.
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Betrayal Is a very strong word here. He maybe like zuko of the fire nation, but just like zuko he wants to end the suffering by taking his throne....right?
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The man I’ve sworn an oath to and tethered with wants to reclaim his throne and presumably continue fighting against Empire and everyone I’ve ever known or cared about.
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Its not going to be so black and white. Ur empire harbors secrets. Look at this academy. You thought it was a fairytale
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I think I see the blue flare of her stasis triggering, but can’t be sure. When the jet of water stops, she’s simply gone. “That was… effective,” Raith says.
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LMAOOOOOOOOO
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the woman who is squeezing the air around my head,
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Ah the legend of korra tactic!!! So deadly! How i imagine brutal air benders/elementals to fight
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There’s a sudden rush of wind as Bastian appears on his steed made of pure air.
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Plz tell me hes here to help AND LIVE. Im not done with him
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40 RAITH
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WHAT NO WHY NOW
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has a reputation. The one who claims it never survives to graduation.”
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Because WHY NOT
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I focus on the worst injuries first—a punctured lung, internal bleeding, fractured ribs—letting my instincts guide me through the healing process.
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Im having an odd sense of dejavu here. The chamber of this room and the healing
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“What’s happening?” I ask, alarm rising as Raith’s features begin to blur.
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Oh fuck no
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He kneels beside her, taking her hand and pressing it to his lips with reverence.
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BAMBOOZLED
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before next year’s classes begin in earnest.
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Ooooh fook
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“Where were you?” I demand, fighting to keep my voice level.
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New conflict to the dynamic :0
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“This changes nothing,” I tell Typhon, trying to convince myself as much as him.
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Heard that before lol
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