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CHAPTER NINETEEN

Penulis: Beauty Cin
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~ DAMON’S POV ~

The sky was still dark when I rode out again.

The air smelled like rain, thick and cold. I could taste the damp in the back of my throat. The forest stretched ahead, quiet and endless, the same one I’d crossed days ago when I found her pendant.

I didn’t tell anyone where I was going. Not even Jax.

If this was the end of it, I didn’t want anyone there to see it.

By the time the first light crept over the trees, I’d already reached the ridge. My horse’s breath came out in white clouds. I slowed him near the old trail that cut toward the river.

She’d been moving closer every day. Her marks appeared on the trees like a path only meant for me. Each one felt deliberate, carved deep, mocking me.

She wanted me to follow.

And I was tired of pretending I wouldn’t.

I dismounted and tied the reins loosely to a branch. The ground was wet and soft, prints leading away from the path — small, quick, human.

Her.

I crouched, touching the marks. The mud was still fresh.

She was close.

I
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