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Chapter 10

Author: Abisola Janet
last update publish date: 2025-09-09 23:51:00

Alessandro’s POV

I woke up dazed, my skull pounding like iron against stone. The room was faintly lit, curtains drawn halfway, and for a moment I couldn’t tell whether it was dawn or dusk. My clear memory was Ginevra pressing a glass into my hand, her smile sharp enough to cut. I remember the cool burn of the drink, the familiar weight of a hundred conversations reading around me—then nothing.

Fragments slipped through my mind, flashes without context, until my gaze shifted to the bed.

Amara.
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