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Chapter 23

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Light filtered through the heavy velvet curtains, casting long, gray shadows across the Master Suite.

Vespera woke up slowly. For a brief, blissful second, she forgot. She forgot the stock crash, the broken wrist, and the man she had destroyed yesterday. She only felt the warmth of the massive bed and the lingering scent of cedar on the pillow next to her.

The pillow was empty. Cyprian was gone.

Vespera sat up, pushing her hair back. The room was silent, but the air felt heavy. Charged. Like th
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