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Chapter 238

Author: Diti Koshy
last update publish date: 2026-07-16 00:00:31

I don't think I heard that right.

There's no way Vera would do something like that.

Well... unless she was provoked.

Vera's entire personality is built around the master-slave dynamic. She may look like a normal kid on the outside, but her mind has been conditioned to follow the commands of her superior.

Or at least, that's what I've learned from her file so far.

I jerk his hand off my shoulder, frowning. “That’s bullshit, and you know that.”

“I do,” he says, not even trying to prove me wrong.
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