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Chapter 19

Author: Chloe Jewels
last update publish date: 2026-04-30 00:19:11

Laura Sterling

I woke up to the feeling of soft, expensive sheets against my bare skin.

My eyes fluttered open slowly, my head still heavy and foggy from the after-effects of whatever those monsters had forced down my throat. Sunlight filtered gently through expensive curtains.

This wasn’t the cold prison bed. This wasn’t even the room I had fallen asleep in last night.

This bed was large, beautiful, and far too comfortable.

And I wasn’t alone. That kind of made my heart pound so hard.

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