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Chapter 176 - Who's Afraid of Who

last update Data de publicação: 2026-03-03 07:48:46

(Apollo & Adeliade)

Adelaide came back to herself on the floor.

Her body slid down Apollo’s front and spilled onto the stone in a loose, boneless sprawl, silk and skin and heat meeting cold all at once. The impact rang up through her bones, a dull shock that left her ears humming for a breath too long. A soft, involuntary sound, more surprise than pain, escaped her parted lips. The floor was warm beneath her palms, not heated by fire but by something deeper, a residual pulse that lingered in
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