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THE HETHRA'BIND

Author: CelestialInk
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Chapter 25

The room was quieter than a grave, but the silence cut deeper than any blade. My chest was a storm, and I hadn’t moved from my chair since the silver glow on her waist seared itself into my memory. The book lay open on my lap, its pages trembling with the twitch of my restless fingers. Three deaths. Three awakenings. The words clawed at me like a curse I couldn’t tear free from.

“How are you awake, and how are you here?” The question slipped out, brittle, unsteady, half disbelief, half threat. My wolf should have been on edge, but instead, every coil of tension in me twisted into something dangerous, almost ecstatic.

Vesta tilted her head, her dark eyes glittering with mischief. “I followed you,” she said, as though it cost her nothing. Her gaze slid to the book on my lap. “What’s so important there that you didn’t hear me walk in? I could’ve killed you if I wanted.” A sharp smirk curled her lips, turning her delicate face into something wicked.

I snapped the book shut,
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