People stared, but that was unavoidable. Anzi drew eyes with her distinctive fringer features, but that was nothing compared to the way Kai drew the eyes of everyone they passed and everyone they didn't, either. From the moment they left the palace (with a letter to vouch for their passage this time), he was subjected to dozens of stares at a time. She was even sure that she saw several people change direction just to follow them, confirmed by Kai's brief half-glances over his shoulder whenever someone tagged along a little too closely on his heels. But he didn't care, it seemed, or at least not enough to demand that they all scatter.If he wanted to, he could have. As she walked on the stone path alongside him, she became inexplicably more aware of his imposing stature, the broad physical presence of him that she hadn't truly appreciated until now. It bothered her that she hadn't noticed it, not fully, and it bothered her that she realized it now all of a sudden, too. Especi
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