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Chapter 138

Author: Benita Jones
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…She’d chosen mercy.

And it hadn’t broken her.

It had saved her.

Elena turned back just as the guards began pulling Connor away, metal cuffs biting into his wrists.

“Wait.”

Her voice, though quiet, cut through the air like a blade.

The guards froze.

Connor didn’t lift his head.

Asher’s brow furrowed. “Elena?”

She stepped forward, her spine straight, her shoulders high. “Don’t lock him back in the dark.”

“Elena,” Asher growled, stepping closer, his arm sliding protectively in front of her. “He doesn’t get a choice. He *doesn’t* get comfort.”

“He’s not asking for comfort,” she replied. “He didn’t ask for anything.”

“He’s a traitor,” Asher snapped. “A criminal. And *you*—you’re the one he nearly destroyed.”

“I know,” she whispered.

The air between them thickened.

Elena turned, meeting the eyes of the guards. “Set him in a monitored cell. One with light. Give him a blanket. Let Vivian sit with him if she chooses.”

“You don’t understand what you’re asking,” Asher said, voice low, taut with
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