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Chapter 72: Cracks Beneath Control

Author: Mira Lane
last update publish date: 2026-05-04 16:55:46

Elara POV

The moment we stepped into the house—

I knew I wouldn’t let it go.

Not this time.

The door shut behind us with a soft click, but the silence that followed wasn’t calm.

It was suffocating.

Tight.

Heavy with everything left unsaid.

I turned slowly, my heels echoing faintly against the polished floor as I faced him.

Alexander.

He didn’t look at me immediately.

That alone irritated me.

No—

It angered me.

“What was the meaning of that?” I asked, my voice sharp, controlled—but already laced
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