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Chapter 56 - Accusations

Author: Joanna Jade
last update publish date: 2026-05-16 00:52:33

Zayden’s POV

I sat in my study. Tomás and Nico sat across from me. Tomás has his head buried in his palms, frustration bleeding through him.

“I told you not to do anything to Matteo.” He said, raising his head. “I told you that was risky as fuck. And what do you do? You go ahead to fucking kill him and take his bride.”

“Matteo wasn’t giving me a choice,” I said. “That motherfucker tried to kill me with a bloody knife. What was I supposed to do?”

“I don’t know, try to get him off of you?” Tomás
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