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Dangerous Flame

last update publish date: 2026-04-15 02:06:35

Liora's POV

I barely made it back to the suite before my legs gave out.

The door clicked shut behind me, and I leaned against it, chest heaving. My fingers rose unconsciously to my lips, tracing the ghost of his thumb where it had brushed my cheekbone. The skin still burned.

What the hell was that?

Anger, fear, and something far more terrifying twisted inside me. He was dangerous. He was cruel.

He was the reason we were trapped here, paying a dead man’s debt with my body and my freedom.

So
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