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14/ Binding

Autor: Lockness
last update Data de publicação: 2026-09-28 00:30:12

"When he talked. I saw how your fear went through you, not for your own safety. But for mine."

She laid her hand on his chest.

"You are sacrificing your identity to save me," she said. "So quit fooling yourself that keeping a distance is the right thing to do."

Adrian covered his eyes.

A part of him broke.

"One thing, a way..." he uttered deliberately.

Elara got the shock. "A way to what?"

"To stop their hold over us."

Her heart was

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