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Chapter Nine

last update Data de publicação: 2025-08-26 08:08:32

Kairos’s POV

"What the hell is Vaughn doing getting his ass handed to him?" I muttered, grabbing a towel as Pax’s mind-link came through loud and clear.

I was just finishing up in the gym, desperate to work off the restless energy clawing at me. Energy that, no matter how much I lifted or how long I ran, refused to burn off.

"Because your dumb ass is thinking about her again," Marek snickered in my head. "Maybe you should be working her instead of these weights."

I ignored him, wiping sweat fro
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