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Chapter 54: Cracks in His Command
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2026-09-12 19:00:00Elena woke before dawn from a dream she couldn't fully shake — Marcus's face in that archway, disbelief curdling into fury, the silver blade from her wedding night somehow present in the dream's tangled logic despite having no place in the courtyard's actual memory.
Ronan stirred beside her, alert instantly despite the early hour. "You're shaking.""I keep seeing his face," Elena admitted, the honesty costing her something even now, weeks into a partnership that had taught h
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