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Chapter Sixty-Two The Return

Author: Jane James
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Elena

The moment the wheels touched down in London, something shifted in my chest.

Not fear. Not excitement.

Resolve.

It had been nearly five months since I left this city behind—since I ran with Noah, covered in bruises and betrayal. And now I was walking straight back into the lion’s den, not as prey, but as someone who had studied the beast.

Noah tugged at my coat as we stepped through customs.

“Will I see Daddy again?”

I knelt beside him, brushing a curl from h
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