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CHAPTER 62
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2025-09-09 13:20:03COLD HEARTED
Marco POVI drove with one hand on the wheel, too fast, too careless, the city lights blurring into streaks. My jaw hurt from clenching so long.I should’ve smashed those guards’ teeth in, but what would that solve? They weren’t the ones pulling the strings. It was him. Valerio. Always him.But it wasn’t even Valerio that haunted me tonight.It was Luca.I’d seen him, clear as day. That smile he carried, that damn easy walk, slipping into the club like the door had been waiting only for him. And me? I was the fool standing outside, barred like a dog.I cursed under my breath and hit the wheel hard. The echo filled the car but it didn’t quiet my head.Luca.My brother that wasn’t blood.The road in front of me might as well have been empty because all I could see was his face when we were kids. Barefoot, running through the alleys, stealing bread from the corner baker, laughing until the dogs chased us down. He’d always been
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