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40: Shattered chains

Auteur: Chithority.
last update Date de publication: 2026-03-30 15:14:03

Selene’s POV

My father’s eyes hardened the moment I finished speaking.

There was no warmth in them. No trace of relief, no sign of a man reunited with his daughter. Only cold, unyielding judgment, like he was looking at something beneath him… something that had failed him.

As though my existence had become nothing more than a stain on his name.

But he had brought this on himself.

“You said I should have gone back to Damon,” I said, my voice sharp, years of buried anger finally rising to the sur
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