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Chapter 6

Author: Andrawrites
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-02 04:35:16

AVELINA

"Alina?"

I lifted my head and met Zayne’s eyes across the room. The moment our gazes locked, my chest tightened and my heartbeat picked up so fast it almost drowned everything else out.

The glass slipped from my hand before I could catch it. It hit the marble floor and shattered, wine spilling out in a dark stain that spread quickly across the cracks.

For a moment, I just stood there staring at it. My body refused to move.

Zayne’s parents had turned toward me at the sound, their faces unreadable, while Mikhail, his brother, studied me with a look that made me want to shrink into myself. I felt all of their eyes pressing down on me at once, and it was too much.

Zayne started walking toward me, his voice calm but firm as he asked, "Are you alright?"

The air in the room felt too heavy, and I couldn’t stay there a second longer. Without thinking, I turned and ran.

Behind me, I heard it. "Avelina."

My feet stopped instantly, even though I hadn’t meant for them to. The name hung in
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