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Chapter 16: A Curse Called Drake Machorace.

Autor: EllyPen
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-09-14 18:14:45

ROSE.

The car stayed quiet the whole ride back, both of us too caught up in our own heads to say much of anything.

Somewhere between everything that had happened and the reality waiting for us at the mansion, the easy laughter from earlier had slipped away without either of us noticing.

Hunter had offered to bottle the wine himself and loaded it into the trunk, and now we were just driving, the silence sitting heavy between us.

I couldn't hold it in anymore.

"I'm sorry," I said, turning to him.
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