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Chapter 8

Author: Bil
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-11 03:01:49

Elena stared at the unknown number again, the sharpness of Roman’s new words cutting across the screen.

If I find you before four, you’re dead. No one will save you.

The threat should have rattled her. Anyone else would have dropped their phone and gone running back home in a panic. But Elena wasn’t anyone else.

Her thumb tapped out a reply, slow and deliberate.

Deal. If you find me, I’ll be submissive. Promise.

She hit send, her smirk widening as she imagined his face when he read it.

Roman Thorne wasn’t the kind of man used to challenges. People bowed, obeyed, submitted without hesitation. But she? She dared him.

“Girl, you’re insane,” Jace muttered, snatching her phone to read the text. His eyes widened. “You just told the devil himself to hunt you.”

Elena stretched on the couch, the leather squeaking under her weight. “Exactly. Let’s see if he’s as powerful as everyone claims.”

Jace groaned. “I don’t know whether to call you brave or suicidal.”

Her laptop chimed. Notifications fi
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