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CHAPTER 84

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Damian Finally Broke

Victor moved fast enough to make several people in the chamber flinch instinctively.

One second he stood beside Gregory near the head of the executive table, and the next, he was already crossing the floor toward Damian with the kind of controlled aggression that belonged to someone used to forcing situations back under control physically when strategy stopped working.

Security along the outer walls reacted immediately.

So did Lucien.

“Don’t.”

The single word snapped across
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