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Chapter Seventy Nine

Author: Pinky-pen
last update publish date: 2026-07-12 16:12:36

Chapter Seventy Nine

POV: Sera Ashwood

Reuel had been trying to hold my hand since we left the clearing and I had been moving it out of reach every single time with the specific patience of someone who had signed a contract with a man and was now managing the consequences of that man believing the contract meant something it did not mean.

"You chose me," he said, for the third time in twenty minutes, and his voice had that quality it got when he was saying something he wanted to land as a s
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