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Chapter 22: Blood & Retaliation

last update Data de publicação: 2026-09-05 04:27:59

The scarlet dot of the laser scope swept across the ruined silk wallpaper, a glowing eye searching for flesh through the cloud of concrete dust and shattered glass.

Forty stories above the city, the master suite was a war zone. Cold night wind howled through the spider-webbed breach in the reinforced glass, carrying the scent of cordite, rain, and fresh, hot blood.

Kaelen didn't freeze. The six years of survival instincts forged under Arthur’s shadow surged into sharp, icy clarity.

"Vance!" Kae
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