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Chapter 37

Author: VJ
last update publish date: 2026-04-19 23:41:25

CORALINA'S POV

The air in the garden is heavy with the scent of wet stone and Maximus’s desperation. He doesn't leave; he lingers on the edge of the moonlight, his shadow stretching toward me like a jagged claw. He realizes he has lost the physical struggle, so he reaches for the only weapon he has left: the poison of a "warning."

"You think you’ve won a prize, Coralina?" Maximus says, his voice cracking with a frantic, ugly sort of pity. He steps closer again, but this time he keeps his hands
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