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chapter 48

Autor: Deedson
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-09-23 22:02:24

Kaelan Ashwood's POV

"Selene is unharmed."

I said it before he could ask, before he could pretend he cared about the answer for the right reasons, my voice cutting flat across the cedar and old parchment smell of my father's study, a smell I hated that some small foolish part of me still found comforting after everything. "Whoever Corwin sent got close enough to leave a warning on her windowsill and nothing more. This time."

Damon did not look up from the papers on his desk, and something about
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