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84. Broken sympathy

Penulis: Estee EE
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-10-02 20:40:51

Draven POV

I didn't know who was more shocked.

The warrior standing beside Carla Voss or Carla herself.

They had both gone completely still. Their eyes moved between me and the boy sitting at our table, as if neither of them could quite make sense of what they were seeing. Aiden, completely oblivious to the tension he'd caused just by existing, had already noticed me approaching.

Then he smiled. "Dad."

My step faltered at the single word, uttered in his tender childlike voice.

Not because the
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