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Chapter 59: Measured restraints

Penulis: Kaya N
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-02-20 09:23:48

Carlino’s POV

As the door closes behind me. I don’t slow down. If I stay another second in that room, I either break something — or show something I don’t permit to exist.

Measured.

I used the word deliberately.

Not because I lack restraint. But because she needs to understand that restraint is a choice. And I am running out of reasons to choose it.

The hallway parts when I step into it. Men straighten. Radios go quiet. Boots align. Fear is efficient. I cultivate it.

“Status.”

Niel falls into s
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