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CHAPTER 43: COWARD

Author: Asmodeus
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-24 22:46:17

RYAN'S POV,

I watched her from a distance, feeling proud of the growth she had shown over the last few weeks.

My feelings for her weren't out of pity; they were true and meaningful. Elena neither deserved my pity nor did she need it. What she needed was love, support, and someone who wouldn’t look away when the truth got uncomfortable.

Julian was exactly that person. He was trying to hide what happened with their daughter, and I could see the pain it was causing Elena. She was in disbelief when he tried to downplay Molly's death, and that made me a little jealous. Because the look of disbelief meant she still had hopes for him, and hope often leads back to reconnection.

’He is not worthy of your love, time, hopes, or thoughts,’ I mumbled to myself when tears rolled down her face. ’I will take care of you, Elena, as long as I live.’

She stood in the center of the small council, like a burning flame that refused to die out. She spoke of her pain without flinching, of her loss without be
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