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LET'S SEE HOW YOU'D HOLD UP

Author: C.E Osaghae
last update publish date: 2026-03-10 21:10:42

CHAPTER SIX

Dante walks toward me slowly, deliberately, until he's only inches away.

I can feel the heat radiating off his body. Can smell that intoxicating mix of expensive cologne and something wild that makes my wolf stir restlessly.

I refuse to back away. Refuse to give him the satisfaction of seeing me retreat.

"You're not as fierce as you appear to be," he says quietly, his dark eyes scanning my face.

The tears I was fighting threaten to spill again, but I blink them back hard.

"I'm stron
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