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CHAPTER FORTY THREE

作者: Chel-C
last update 最終更新日: 2026-02-08 17:01:00

Chapter 43 – When Choices Bleed

Ariana’s POV

The door didn’t open immediately.

Victor liked control too much for that. He liked to make people wait, to let fear settle in their bones before he acted. I felt it in the silence—the deliberate pause, the way power hummed in the air.

Ethan was still holding my hand.

His grip tightened, not in panic, but in warning.

“Whatever happens,” he murmured, barely moving his lips, “don’t react.”

Too late.

The lock turned.

The door opened.

Victor stood there,
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