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Chapter 19: Shadows at the Balcony

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LEONA’S POV

The master suite was quiet, too quiet.

I shut the door behind me and leaned against it, my heart still unsettled from the way Dante’s thumb had brushed my jaw, like I was something precious. My heels lay abandoned by the bed, and I padded barefoot across the cool hardwood, trying to shake off the night.

The weight of everything pressed in at once. The way Valentina’s hand had lingered on Dante. The way I’d stormed out like a jealous fool. The way his mouth had claimed mine outside,
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