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Chapter 88

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last update Last Updated: 2025-11-08 14:31:58

Elena’s steps were slow but determined, each one a quiet defiance against her own pain.

The hall stretched long and golden before her, sunlight pooling across the marble.

The ache in her ribs worsened with every breath, but she didn’t stop.

She passed a few guards who stiffened and looked away immediately, murmuring quiet greetings.

Everyone had heard. Everyone had assumed she’d still be half dead in the medical wing.

But Elena Thorne never stayed down for long.

Her hand brushed the wall for balance as she approached the familiar corridor leading to their room, his room.

The door loomed ahead, carved and dark, a silent gatekeeper to the man behind it.

For a heartbeat, she hesitated.

Something about walking toward that room felt heavier than her wounds.

Maybe it was everything unsaid between them.

Maybe it was the fear of seeing him look at her differently, like a stranger, or worse, like he knew.

But her body moved before her thoughts could stop her.

She turned the handle.

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