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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO - DOUBT

Author: Endless A. Z
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-07 03:50:08

Adeline's POV

I didn't sleep that night.

Kayden's words played on repeat, each iteration cutting deeper than the last

What if we're wrong?

I'd never considered it. From the moment Grey appeared in Belle's life, I'd known something was off. My instincts screamed danger.

But instincts weren't always right.

I'd killed people based on contracts, based on information someone else gave me.

What if one of those targets had been innocent? What if someone's paranoia, someone like me, had led to an exec
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