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Does change ever last?

Author: Holland Ross
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-08-10 15:41:28

The air between the four of us was a live wire, humming with the kind of electricity that could set the whole place alight.

Luca’s gaze snapped to Matteo, a silent warning that would’ve sent most men stepping back. Matteo didn’t blink. His stance was casual—shoulders loose, one hand still fixing the buttons on his shirt—but his eyes never left his brother’s face.

“Not your call,” Luca said, voice low but edged like a blade.

“It is now.” Matteo’s tone was calm, but there was a bite under it. The kind that said he’d already made his decision and nothing was going to shake it loose. “If Umbra’s using her father, we don’t sit here playing ghost stories while they get further ahead.”

I felt them both looking at me, like I was the ground they were fighting over. And maybe I was. It wasn’t the first time I’d been caught between them—sometimes willingly, sometimes not—but this was different. This wasn’t about who got their way. This was about who got to protect me.

“Matteo,” Luca’s jaw flexed
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