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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE – The First Time

Author: Mercy V.
last update publish date: 2026-02-24 23:44:25

*Lilah*

The compound transforms as the sun sinks.

Torches flare to life along the walls. Warriors materialize at every gate, every corridor, every shadow. The air itself seems to tighten, charged with the kind of tension that makes my skin prickle.

Jax Thorn arrives at nightfall.

I don't see it happen. Ronan has me locked in my room—"for your safety," he said, jaw tight, eyes wild with something he wouldn't name.

But I feel the shift in the compound's energy the moment Thorn's entourage passes
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