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Chapter 51

Penulis: Faryal Javed
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2025-11-03 03:58:11

The night wind bit at his face as Rowan rode hard through the southern pass, the Cross lands shrinking behind him with every pounding hoofbeat.

He should’ve felt relief.

He’d left the suffocating weight of that damned estate behind — left the king’s shadow, the whispers, the heat in Nathan’s eyes that had no right to still hurt.

But there was no relief. Only fury.

Damian Vitale had offered Nathan freedom — a chance to dissolve that cursed half-bond and end their twisted marriage.

And Nathan had
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