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Chapter 46

Author: VJ
last update publish date: 2026-04-24 23:14:29

CORALINA'S POV

I can feel the weight of a thousand gazes, each one feeling like a jagged stone aimed at the red silk covering my skin. Brielle is panting, her eyes wild with the temporary high of a successful assassination. She thinks she has won. She thinks the "Gold-Digger" brand is permanent.

I wait for the explosion. I wait for Clyde to unleash the terrifying, bone-shaking roar that defines the Shadow Alpha.

But Clyde doesn't roar.

He steps forward, the motion so fluid and calm it’s like a
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