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Chapter 20

Penulis: Sabastine
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Novah’s POV

By the time Lucien dropped me off at the pack house, the moon had long slipped behind a curtain of clouds. The wind had picked up too, whispering secrets between the trees as I stepped out of the truck.

“Text me if you need anything,” Lucien said, his voice soft.

I nodded, not trusting myself to speak. I had spent the entire ride home replaying Ashton’s face. That look of guilt before he left, the silence, the lie. He hadn’t come back.

And I hated that it still hurt.

I slipped into the house as quietly as I could, not bothering to turn on the lights. The hallway stretched ahead of me, dim and silent. Just a few more steps and I’d be in my room. I’d lock the door, curl into my blankets, and pretend none of this had happened.

But the moment I rounded the corner, I froze.

The scent hit me first.

Lavender and mint.

Loveth.

And then I saw them.

Ashton and Loveth, curled together on the leather couch in the living room, a blanket draped carelessly over their laps.

His arm was ar
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