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CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

Author: Stone Heart
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-31 23:57:30

DRAVEN'S Point of View

The moment she knelt to clean the broken glass, I should have looked away.

But I didn’t.

Liora's hair fell forward, the strands loose and dark, catching light like ink spilled across the floor. Her small fingers moved cautiously, sweeping the shards into her palm with the same care she gave my bandaged arm, too careful, too soft, like I was still worth preserving. Like she hadn’t learned her lesson yet.

“Sweetheart,” Ms. Blackwood’s voice cooed beside me, dragging my gaze from the girl who should’ve meant nothing.

I turned toward her, jaw clenched tight.

“Should I help you back into bed?” she asked, already rising, her hand skimming over my thigh. “You need to rest that shoulder.”

I gave a half-nod, and she took that as permission.

“Liora,” I barked. My tone dropped like a blade.

She flinched.

“Leave.”

She froze mid-motion, fingers curled around a sliver of glass, still kneeling.

“I...” Her lips parted, but no words came.

Ms. Blackwood was already pulling me up
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