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THE RECKONING

작가: Sophie George
last update 게시일: 2026-07-17 18:45:12

Lena’s POV

The library felt like a vacuum, sucking the air right out of my lungs. I hadn't told Adrian I was coming here. I had kept the invitation to his mother’s private charity briefing a secret, desperate to prove to myself that I could hold my own in this den of lions. I had taken a car service here, and Adrian—he was still supposed to be abroad, he hadn’t told me when he would return.

Richard had pulled me in here the second we were alone, his eyes dark with a hunger that defied the high
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