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Chapter 44

Author: Michy Gaza
last update publish date: 2026-01-10 23:36:28

The monitors ticked faster.

His mother inhaled, patience thinning. “You’ve been through trauma. You’re emotional. That’s expected. But you’re alive. And you’re still a Blackwell.”

Damian’s eyes burned.

“And that,” he said, voice shaking with restrained fury, “is exactly why this happened.”

They went still.

“All you ever wanted,” he continued, each word cutting deeper than the last, “was an heir. A bloodline. A name that would outlive you.”

His breathing grew harsher. “You didn’t care who I marr
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