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Chapter 124

Author: Naomi writes
last update publish date: 2026-03-06 02:53:32

Leandro

The air in the room was thick with the smell of old men, expensive cigars, and the metallic tang of fear. But beneath all that, I could smell the sweat on Delia.

I could see the way her shoulders shook, the way her hair was matted with dust. Seeing her tied up in that chair, under that spotlight like she was some kind of animal for sale, made something in my chest snap.

The "Ice-Man" was gone. This wasn't cold. This was a volcanic eruption, hot and thick and ready to bury everything in
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