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Chapter 82 – The Gathering Storm
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2025-10-12 14:53:00The manor woke to thunder the next morning.
Real thunder this time—rolling, low, shaking the windows as though the sky itself had finally chosen a side.Emma watched the rain slide down the panes of her chamber window. The gardens below were ghostly in the mist, the soldiers at the gates barely more than silhouettes. Every morning since the Council’s decree, the number of guards had quietly increased. Now, it looked less like protection and more like a siege.Adrian hadn’t slept. She’d heard him pacing half the night through the walls—boots scraping across the stone floor, a steady rhythm of restless anger. When he appeared at her door near dawn, he looked carved out of exhaustion and fury.“You went because you thought you could reason with him,” he said without preamble. “You can’t reason with someone who enjoys the game.”Emma turned from the window. “I had to try.”His voice softened. “You don’t owe him explanations. Not after wha
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Tempting the Alpha’s Father Chapter 82 – The Gathering Storm
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