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Chapter 214

Author: Nyxara
last update publish date: 2026-06-18 19:05:16

Eliora's POV

"You gave us a scare." Kian's voice was rough at the edges. He was sitting beside the bed with my hand in both of his, his head bent over it, and when he looked up his eyes were red.

"I thought—" He stopped and shook his head. Pressed his lips to the back of my palm. "Thank God you're okay."

I looked at his face. The exhaustion and the relief and everything he was not saying because he did not have the words for it yet.

I understood that. I didn't have the words either.

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