Rewriting Fate with My Apex War Goddess (by Ezekiel Valor) novel Chapter 22

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They reached the school gate.

The whole walk there, Bianca’s heart had been singing.

So this was what it felt like to have someone stand up for you.

She hadn’t felt it in so long, and today, Steven had given her more of it than she’d known what to do with.

They parted ways at the gate, boarding origin crystal school buses heading in opposite directions.

“Get some rest. See you tomorrow.” Steven gave her a wave.

Bianca smiled, warm and bright and a little shy.

“You too.”

He watched her bus pull away and vanish down the road.

The corner of Steven’s mouth curved upward on its own.

One step closer to the Ember Eternal.

Things were looking up.

Steven didn’t board his bus right away.

He had something to take care of first. He needed to get his hands on some beast crystal to test out his Beast Energy Conversion theory, and that experiment wasn’t going to run itself.

Where would he even find beast crystal?

A resource exchange hub?

But who actually bought beast crystal?

Everyone brought it in to trade for divine crystal or origin crystal, not the other

He’d have to ask around.

way around.

A single level–one beast crystal wasn’t cheap, and he was fairly sure he was already short on

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funds.

Still, checking the price cost nothing.

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He’d barely taken a few steps when the man crouched near the school gate finally spotted him.

The man had smoked through an entire pack waiting, and now he pushed himself upright and fell into step behind Steven without any particular subtlety.

Steven felt it the moment someone was on his tail.

His brow pulled together. Is this Timothy or Cassandra sending someone after him?

Steven ducked sharply into a side alley and broke into a sprint.

Peter had just stepped into the alley when he caught sight of Steven already tearing down it at full speed.

The cigarette dropped straight out of his mouth.

“This kid actually noticed me following him!”

Peter’s legs drove hard into the ground.

“Hey! Stop running!”

Steven’s jaw tightened.

This

person wasn’t even trying to be subtle about it.

He pushed faster, but it didn’t take long to realize that his legs were no match for Peter’s pace.

“Kid! Would you stop?”

Steven kept moving. He had absolutely no intention of stopping.

But the alley ended in a solid wall.

He almost swore out loud. Of all the rotten luck!

Steven scooped up a loose brick from the ground and spun around, holding it like the weapon

it was.

Peter looked mildly exasperated.

“What are you running for? I’m not going to eat you.”

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