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CHAPTER 10: Dinner And Discoveries

Author: Abel
last update publish date: 2026-02-09 04:37:49

I changed clothes four times before dinner. It was stupid, just the pack dining room, not a gala, but everything felt wrong until I settled on jeans and a dark green sweater. At five fifty-eight, I headed downstairs.

Darius had secured a quiet table in the back. To my surprise, he stood when I approached.

"You do not have to stand," I said, sitting down.

“My father said you always stand when a lady approaches,”he admitted, looking slightly uncomfortable. “Most of his lessons involved killing en
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