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Chapter 11: Bargain
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2025-08-23 21:00:00Leona’s POV
The door closed with a heavy thud behind us, Dante’s shadow a dark, towering anchor in the dim interior. For the first time since the ambush, silence wrapped itself around me not safety, not yet, but silence. My lungs dragged in air too quickly, chest heaving like i’d just outrun death. Maybe I had.
My hands trembled as i pushed my hair out of my face. The strands were damp with sweat and rain. I swallowed hard, bile climbing my throat at the metallic tang clinging to my palms. Every gunshot from earlier echoed inside my skull, looping endlessly, the flash of steel, the crunch of boots, the way the world had narrowed to a single heartbeat. Mine. I sat down like he offered and wrapped my arms around myself.
I should have been grateful. Should have thrown myself at Dante’s feet for pulling me out of that slaughter. But the part of me that wasn’t terrified, wasn’t raw and shivering, was furious. Because survival meant
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