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Chapter 23: Who Is Serena Sinclair.

Author: Ella Spencer
last update publish date: 2025-11-20 07:57:50
Lila's POV

The door opened slower than I expected, like someone was savoring the moment before they ruined a life. For a breath I thought maybe we’d somehow bought a sliver of time... until the man stepped in and filled the frame.

He was exactly the image my nightmares and rumors had stitched together: tall, leather that hugged the line of his shoulders, a snake tattoo coiling up the side of his throat. He had the look of a man accustomed to being obeyed without question. For a second the r
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