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CHAPTER 64: The Unexpected Saviour.

Author: Arial Sterling
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-14 21:56:26

IVY.

I lay crumpled on the ground the asphalt scraping my cheek my scream still fresh and desperate as it tore through me. The sleek black car had slid to a stop creating a shimmering impossibly strong barrier between me and the dark people who had just pulled me out of my apartment.

Despite its abrupt braking, the dust continued to swirl around us like a misty curtain. Fearfully I raised my eyes and tried to see through the settling grime. I then let out a gasp. A harsh stifled noise.

Sloan!

As he exited the car, his movements were smooth and deadly accurate and he exuded a deadly intent that overshadowed even his typically commanding presence. The flawlessly tailored dark suit he wore seemed to float around him.

His eyes which were normally unreadable were blazing with a chilly enraged rage and were staring straight at the men who had been after me. Then he opened his suit jacket his hand moving faster than the human eye could follow. His fingers closed around something black a
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