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The Phoenix Strategy

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Chapter 34

Valencia’s POV

The rain didn't stop. It followed us like a persistent ghost as the SUV rumbled away from the bridge where I had watched the only man I might actually love disappear into the dark. Silas was gone. The "Shadow King" had abdicated his throne because he couldn't stomach the thought of me returning to the man who had tried to kill me.

"Turn left here," Maria directed Jax, her voice tight. "There’s a motel about three miles out. It’s a dive, the kind of place where people
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