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Chapter 136

Author: Faymezia
last update publish date: 2026-06-24 18:54:47

Jax

I honestly didn't know what I was expecting when I agreed to meet Damiano.

Maybe answers, or closure. Or maybe just someone who existed before all the madness started, someone who knew me before I became Jaxen DeLuca, the girl who got kidnapped, manipulated, lied to, and somehow ended up working for the devil himself.

Unfortunately, the person sitting across from me was Damiano, and Damiano had the attention span of a goldfish whenever he wasn't talking about himself.

"So," I said, leaning
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