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The Breaking Point

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Chapter 24 – The Breaking Point

Sera’s POV

The morning after was suffocating.

I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, Ethan’s scent still clinging to my skin like a cruel reminder of my failure.

I let him win last night.

I let him have control.

But not anymore.

My body ached from his touch, from the violence of it, from the way he had tried to claim me. But I wasn’t the woman he thought I was anymore.

I turned my head slightly, watching him sleep beside me, his breathing deep and steady. He looked so peaceful—so disgustingly at ease.

How could he sleep so soundly after everything? After the war we’d waged on each other?

A slow rage built in my chest.

I wanted him gone.

I wanted to erase him from existence.

And I knew exactly how.

Ethan’s POV

The smell of coffee and something sweet drifted through the house, pulling me from sleep.

I stretched, wincing at the scratches down my back.

Sera had fought me last night, and I had loved every second of it.

She still belonged to me, whether she ad
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