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CHAPTER 96: The Fearful scent

Author: Arial Sterling
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-29 23:33:29

IVETTE.

As Sloan stormed out the thud of the door reverberated throughout the room a brutal punctuation mark to his fury. My throat was burning and raw as I lay crumpled on the floor gasping. My body was racked by a fit of hacking coughs and every shaky breath was a searing pain.

He had just established his terrifying dominion in my sitting room and the lavish details were obscured by my tears. I finally pushed myself up my legs shaking under me with a Herculean effort that seemed out of proportion to the simple act. Every muscle erupted in dissent. The mark of his fingers was still burning against my skin and my neck ached.

The sheer force the sheer audacity! My hands were shaking so badly that I almost fumbled the handle as I staggered over to my covertly concealed refrigerator. With shaky fingers I took out a bottle of cold water and pulled the cap off bringing it to my lips.

The cool liquid helped to relieve my sore throat but it spluttered onto the Persian rug after a sudden i
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