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Chapter 42 — Ofiura's POV

Author: Ivy Crane
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Chapter 42 — Ofiura's POV

"Yes."

Nikolai looked up from the laptop on my kitchen counter, where he'd been reading Dante's report for the third time in an hour. "Yes, what?"

"Yes to the security." I set a mug of tea in front of him, though he hadn't asked for one, and sat down across from him. "You asked me last night whether I'd let you put someone on my door if the flowers turned out to be something real. They were something real. So yes."

He didn't answer right away. He closed the laptop slo
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