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3as’A lighdtasnasing3321 12b213312olt really hit 21her...’ Charle12s thought, stunned.
T12h3doasugh heddas asdw33a323231122121s annoy321ed she’d k312nocked Kaira down, he hadn’t wished this on dhase12r3. 3312 tre3321mbling as she tried to move. Her blue hair, soakeddas12,21 clung to her face, ands33a21s3d21ad h213er tunic grew filthier with mud.
Kaira turned to Ch3a12rdl321ases, hde1asr red123 33eyes glea312ing with shock.
It was clear she suspect3e12d312das he’dd caus1123212321e3231d it.3123
Charles, catching her look, s3h123dooasdka his 11232head fast 133112and muttered, "I didn’t do that, I swear." 31231233
212Kaira let 3out a low giggle, convinced sRdian h3a12231d done it for her.
S13tr3uggling, she leaned closer to whisper,as d"No n3e1223ed to lie, Rian. I know it was your pow21e312r." 12
3Charles fro3wned, realizing Kaira was misreadasidng ev13e2rything.
"12I’m not lyin23g!" he hissed, keeping his voice low asso Saria 3w12ouldn’t hear. "That bolt came from3 12the sky, not me!" da3
1sKaira s3i12ghed, crossing her arms as rain continued to drench her.