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Two sets of footsteps came up the path toward the Silent Peak.
One of them was Lian’s. Quick, light, a little out of rhythm because she was half-running to keep up, her steps landing in a hurried rhythm that gave her away.
The other was heavier. And yet, somehow, quieter. The owner of those steps was clearly larger than Lian, but each footfall struck the stones so lightly that Lin Xuan found himself straining to hear them at all. Whoever was walking with her moved like a man who had spent decades practicing the art of not announcing himself.
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