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Chapter 111 – Beneath the Firelight

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The bruised twilights of the sky welcomed Elena as she emerged onto the private patio of the Graves estate. Her skin crawled with the cold wind, but that was not compared to the tempest brewing within her chest. The fight with Dante continued to haunt her mind—his words slicing through her like knives, filling her with pain, anger, and that vile feeling of finality.

"Your selected him… now, when the time is right, don't regret it."

She'd stood there, paralyzed, as he'd walked away—her brother, her sole blood, now a specter drenched in vengeance.

The door behind her creaked open. She didn't have to turn to know that it was Killian.

His body was present in the air like fire—heavy, hot, suffocating in the way only he could do. "He's gone," he breathed.

She nodded, her arms folded tightly around herself.

Killian moved in. "You all right?"

"I don't know," she panted. "He stared at me like I meant nothing to him."

Killian's jaw clenched. "He made his decision a long time ago."

"No," she swu
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