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Chapter 87

Author: Kimberly Ingrid
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-12-16 23:15:16

FREYA'S POV

Day one without Adrian.

I wake up in Clara's apartment. Alone. Cold. The bond between us aching. Pulling. Demanding I go back to him. Demanding I fix this. Demanding I stop this separation that's killing us both.

But I can't. Not yet. Not when I still see his fangs. Still feel his body pinning me. Still remember the terror of thinking he was going to take my choice away.

Clara makes breakfast. I don't eat. Just push food around my plate. Trying to process. Trying to understand how w
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This doesn’t make sense. She has begged him to mark her several times. Had said she is in her right mind when asking. Said she can’t wait for the war to be over to be marked and now she is having her choice taken away? Is afraid? I feel this could have been better…
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