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Chapter 127 - Torn Allegiance

last update publish date: 2026-01-28 08:09:42

(Adelaide)

The bed shouldn’t have felt this inviting. Not after what they’d done together on it.

Too soft. A lie hiding in comfort. What mercy lived here? Why should anything be kind in this place?

The furs were warm against the backs of her thighs. The scent of smoke, iron, and something darker still clung to every strand. Heat seeped up from the stone beneath the carved frame. The whole room breathed like some great animal that had just fed.

Each inhale felt borrowed, like she was sleepin
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