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CHAPTER 55: Cassian's First Real Doubt

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Cassian's POV

I sought Selene out the following morning, choosing a private moment in the estate's smaller sitting room rather than risking another corridor confrontation that might draw unwanted attention. I'd spent most of the previous night rehearsing exactly how to approach the conversation, though every version I'd practiced dissolved the moment I actually found her seated alone by the window, sunlight catching the same easy, unguarded warmth she'd always carried so effortl
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