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CHAPTER 40: The king's breaking point

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The first thing Aria felt wasn’t fear.

It was him.

A sharp, violent pull in her chest—like something invisible had grabbed her heart and twisted it hard enough to steal her breath.

She froze mid-step.

The corridor stretched long and quiet ahead of her, lit by dim torches that flickered like they knew something she didn’t.

But the feeling—

It wasn’t danger.

Not yet.

It was panic.

His panic.

Aria pressed her hand to her chest, her pulse stuttering as something unfamiliar surged through her veins.
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