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༄Chapter 33

Author: Lia's Ink
last update publish date: 2026-04-09 01:44:07

Bella's POV

I stayed quiet.

I folded my hands on the table and kept my face arranged into something neutral and let the silence sit where it was, because I genuinely wanted to hear what Andrew was going to say to that question. What exactly was he going to tell these elders about the heir situation when his wife was sitting right beside him and his marked fated mate was upstairs in the same house. I wanted to watch him navigate that in real time.

"There's actually some good news," Andrew said.

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