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A very long night

Author: Funmilayo
last update publish date: 2026-05-12 17:59:47

Chapter 42 – Vermont's POV

I was sitting in the garden trying to work, but the scrolls and pack documents in front of me might as well have been blank. My mind was stuck on Talia, replaying every possible nightmare of what Dylan's men could be doing to her. Every time the wind picked up, I thought I heard her scream.

Every time a shadow moved, I thought it was one of my men coming to tell me they’d found her body.

Then, the sound of heavy, panicked boots hit the stone floors inside and the heav
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