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Chapter 35: Lily

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The private dining room was smaller than I'd expected, intimate rather than imposing with a table that could seat perhaps eight but was set for only three. Candles flickered in silver holders, casting a warm glow over polished wood and crystal glasses. And there, rising from his seat at the head of the table, stood the Alpha King himself. I'd glimpsed him earlier on the palace steps, but now, in this confined space, his presence seemed to fill every corner. He was terrifyingly beautiful in a

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