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Chapter 58 A Hunger for Sovereignty

作者: R.J. Sterling
last update publish date: 2026-06-07 00:16:02
I do not get the chance to answer, because Marcus does not knock either, and the door he comes through is the one between me and the only person in this house who might have helped me carry what Damian just said.

He comes in with a tablet held out in front of him like a verdict already written, and he does not so much as glance at his brother’s thumb resting on my throat, a month ago that intimacy would have been ammunition; tonight he has bigger ammunition and he knows it.

He has stopped preten
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