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Chapter 56

Author: A.V Belle
last update publish date: 2026-02-27 20:37:38

Selene

We walked into the slums and were immediately met with the stench of rotting meat and sweat. Jax crinkled up his nose.

I tried not to be offended by Jax’s rude behavior. He wasn’t used to the slums, and I got that. But I’d grown up there, so I was a little defensive, especially of royals who looked down on it without understanding.

To Jax, these people stunk because they didn’t bathe, but what he didn’t understand was how hard it was to bathe sometimes. Not everyone even had hot wate
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