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CHAPTER 16

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Damien’s POV

Celeste’s car disappeared down the road, swallowed by the city lights, and yet—I couldn’t move. A strange feeling churned in my chest, something restless and unfamiliar. It seemed to be eating me up, little by little.

There’s something different about her now. She’d changed.

I had known it the moment she stood before me, her voice steady, her eyes cold. This wasn’t the same woman who had once clung to me, who had loved me with a devotion so unwavering it suffocated me.

That Celeste… was slipping away.

A sudden pang of raw panic struck deep, as if something irreversible had just happened—something I couldn’t fix, no matter how much I wanted to.

Just then, I heard a sob that disrupted my thoughts and the rising emotion within me.

"Damien…"

Genevieve’s choked sob snapped me out of my thoughts.

I turned to find her cradling her wrist, her eyes shimmering with tears as she winced in pain.

"It hurts," she whimpered. "Celeste—she… she grabbed me so hard… Look, it’s completely
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