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32. The Gala Of Shadows

Author: Rooms
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-14 19:01:34

Aaron

The headlines flip like a coin and my life changes with the sound of ink drying. One night they accuse me of horrors I did not commit; by morning favors bought and truths unearthed have pushed the story back into the shadows where it belongs.

The machine of reputation is greasy and fast — call a quiet favor, call another, remind an editor who owes you, threaten a byline — and suddenly the world believes in my innocence again. I watch the feed, watch the crawlers change, and feel a small, savage satisfaction that I can still move the tide.

It’s hollow without her.

She hasn’t come back since the boardroom. She hasn’t answered my calls. The thought of Kian finding her, of that smug bastard leaning over her with his poisonous charm, sets something hot and primitive in my chest. I should be above it. I’m not.

“Bring her,” I tell Wyatt when he comes in. My voice is even, but I want him to know I do not mean a request.

Wyatt’s face tightens. He always hesitates at the edges of my dem
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