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Chapter 93

Author: Anney GW
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HANNAH

The last champagne glass had barely been cleared before the silence turned dangerous.

Guests shuffled out in clusters, buzzing like hornets carrying the sting with them, whispers too loud to be whispers anymore. The ballroom smelled of lilies and sweat, of spilled wine and shattered glass. Phones still glowed in hands as people typed the first headlines into the world.

Nico hadn’t looked at me once while they left. Not once. He’d held himself rigid, smiling too wide at the guests who dared to offer pity, shoulders square as if posture alone could glue the night back together. But the moment the last guest’s heel clicked against the marble and the front doors shut with a heavy thud, he turned.

The mask dropped.

“Upstairs,” he snapped. His voice wasn’t loud—he didn’t need loud. It was a command polished by years of expecting obedience.

I didn’t move. My dress clung to me like another layer of skin, suffocating, emerald silk meant to scream loyalty. It screamed cage instead.

His ja
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