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Chapter 11: The Recess of the Debt

작가: B.S. Turaki
last update 게시일: 2026-04-14 07:05:11

Zara’s POV

The air in the ballroom had shifted. It was no longer the heavy, perfumed scent of high society; it was the sharp, metallic ozone that precedes a lightning strike. My skin prickled beneath the bruised-plum velvet. Across the room, the man in the gray suit—the ghost from my nightmares—had vanished into the shadows of the terrace, leaving nothing but a lingering, predatory chill in his wake.

Luciano’s hand was a band of heated iron around my waist. He didn't look at me, but I could f
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