For several long heartbeats, not a single sound could be heard across the construction site.
Dozens of warriors froze where they stood. The females preparing clay mixtures forgot to move their hands. Even Asher and the other three looked at the unbelievable scene before them with surprise.
Nobody, absolutely nobody... had ever imagined someone grabbing Hunter by the ear. And certainly not their newly appointed Lady Chief.
Hunter himself looked equally stunned. For a moment, he simply stood there with Aurora's fingers firmly holding his ear, his mind seemingly refusing to accept what had just happened.
"...What are you doing?" He finally came back to his senses and instinctively tried to pull himself free.
Aurora didn't let go. Instead, her grip tightened ever so slightly.
Hunter frowned harder. "Have you lost your-"
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