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The Doubt

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CHAPTER 102

LENA POV

I woke the morning after the Milan council expecting Salvatore to return within hours. The conversation on the cliffs still lived clearly in my mind. He'd told me not to believe anyone who claimed I was the reason he'd changed. For a short while that promise felt solid enough to stand on.

Then I walked downstairs.

The atmosphere on the island had shifted overnight. Guards stopped speaking the moment I approached. A servant who normally greeted me with a quiet smile kept h
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