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Chapter 58

Author: Jasminewrites
last update publish date: 2026-09-18 17:12:42

Elara's POV

I gave Damien a tour of the new office. He joked that he was starting to feel threatened. Halcyon Biosciences, the company we'd built together, was the child I'd abandoned. And here I was, showing off the new baby.

I laughed and told him he should get competitive, then.

Halcyon was the company we'd started my sophomore year of college. I walked away when I became Luna. Sold Damien my entire stake for next to nothing, a price so low he still felt like he owed me. These days Halcyon d
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