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Chapter 146

Penulis: QuillWhisper
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-14 22:37:37

[If Love Were Mercy]

“The terrifying thing about men like Julian Yang wasn’t that they could destroy the world. It was that they would smile while doing it—if it meant keeping the woman they loved.”

The Vale compound smelled like smoke by morning.

Not fire.

Gunpowder.

Blood.

War.

I stood in front of the shattered glass wall from the previous night, staring at the ocean while armed guards flooded every hallway behind me.

Nobody trusted anyone anymore.

Not the Vales.

Not the surviving Yang allies
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