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Chapter 10 - Not Yours to Want

Author: Flying Osiris
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-09-26 17:06:58

(Elias's POV)

I'm still at my desk when I see her cross the lawn below my window, moving fast, glancing back at the house twice like she thinks someone might be watching.

Of course, the someone is me.

This is the third time this week she’s going out like that. I already know where she's headed before I even pick up my phone, but I call the tracker I put on her anyway, I want to hear him say it.

"She's meeting Fisher Callahan again," he says. "Same spot. The overlook past the botanical gardens."
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