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CHAPTER 47
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2026-06-14 19:10:00Do you trust him
Kristen pov
Jesse listens to all of it the way she listens to things that matter ...... entirely, without interruption, without the slight lean-forward of someone waiting to react. When I finish, the kitchen is quiet for a moment.
Then "Do you trust him?"
Not do you like him. Not what are you going to do. The question that lives underneath all the other questions, the one that has the st
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Broken by his Luna The Alpha king second chance CHAPTER 47
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