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Chapter Forty-Four
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2025-05-14 00:59:00Elena
The train ride to Paris was quiet, too quiet for the thoughts screaming inside my head.Lucas wanted to come, of course. He didn’t trust Jason—not even an inch. But this wasn’t his war anymore. Not like it was mine.I needed to see Jason with my own eyes.I needed to look into the face of the man I once loved and ask him one final question: Why?Why did he betray me?Why did he tear our family apart?Why had I let myself believe I was safe in the arms of a ma
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