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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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Nina’s POVRyan waited until the engines were gone.Only then did he come knocking on my door.Even though I thought he was going to leave with his entourage, I knew it was him before I opened it.Lina did too.I pulled the door open and found Ryan standing there with his helmet tucked under his arm, leather jacket half-zipped, expression carefully neutral. The moonligh
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