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Chapter 41: Completing the bond

Penulis: Maia Ward
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-30 19:47:34

Rider's POV

“You already decided something before I opened my mouth,” I said, keeping my voice even because anything else would push her the wrong way, “and I need to know which direction you’re leaning before I say the rest.”

Bailey did not answer immediately, and that silence told me everything I needed to know because she was not shaking or shouting or falling apart, she was standing there still and alert, her eyes steady and distant at the same time, and I had learned fast that this was the
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