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An older brother indeed

Author: Authoress Kemira
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-06 22:33:36

Liora's POV

The words hung in the air like a death sentence.

“He’s your older brother, Elias.”

Nikolai stood frozen in the interrogation room, gun still pointed at the captured man’s head.

His face had gone deathly pale. The powerful, ruthless king I had come to know looked… shattered.

For the first time since I’d known him, Nikolai Volkov looked truly broken.

“Get him out of here,” he rasped, voice barely recognizable.

The guards dragged the bleeding man away. The door slammed shut. And then
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