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Chapter Sixteen:

Auteur: Pearl Charles
last update Date de publication: 2026-05-03 17:12:35

Sebastian's POV

"She's asleep."

Lucas says it without turning around. His eyes stay on the road, but I can hear the question underneath the words. The one he won't ask out loud because he knows better.

I look at Aurora. Her head is tilted against the window, her breath fogging the glass in small, even clouds. The cut on her temple has stopped bleeding, but the bruise forming around it is already turning dark. She looks smaller like this. Less like the woman who stared down my uncle at the dinne
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