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Chapter 59

Author: Charisma
last update publish date: 2026-04-15 22:06:54

Rowan POV

She didn’t move away.

That was the first thing I noticed after the tears slowed, after the sharp edge of her breathing began to soften into something less frantic. She stood there, shoulders slightly hunched like she was bracing against something that hadn’t fully passed yet, her gaze unfocused, caught somewhere between here and everything she was trying to hold together.

I didn’t reach for her immediately.

Every instinct I had told me to.

The bond stirred, not urgently, not demandin
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