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Chapter 14

Penulis: Wynn
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TASHA

I glanced at Violet, and the disbelief tightening her face looked raw and almost too personal to witness in such a formal space. She held her program against her chest like she needed something to anchor herself, and her glittering dress clung to her shoulders as her breathing remained quick and uneven.

Her eyes bounced between me and Kirk, and the shift in her expression told me she already sensed the shift in power she had set off without meaning to. She stood in the center of a prying circle but still clung to the idea that she deserved an apology, a correction, something that would make her the center in a better way. I understood the instinct, even if I had no patience for the chaos she created.

Beside me, Kirk held himself in a stiff, controlled stance that revealed how much he wanted to de-escalate without humiliating anyone. His shoulders stayed lifted, and his jaw tightened in a way I recognized from medical emergencies where he forced himself to remain outwardly calm w
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