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54. Friend or Foe?

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last update Last Updated: 2025-10-26 23:41:38

"Oh, you did not know Anna has two guard dogs, huh?"

That remark came from Tisha's lips, followed by a scoff and a smirk. She immediately crawled onto the mat at the far end and leaned her body against the wall.

"We put our differences aside," said Gabriel.

"What kind of differences?" Dimitri looked confused.

"That I, Nathaniel, and Anna are still family. I think we need to set our egos aside and stop acting like strangers."

Dimitri's confusion was written all over his face, lit by the glow of the emergency lamp in the middle of the room. But he said nothing.

"Say, Dimitri, are you not afraid that the three of them will work together to get rid of you first?" Tisha chimed in.

I could see the shock had not yet left Dimitri's face. I knew how close the twins were to Victoria—a cousin bond thicker than blood, as Victoria herself once boasted. If she knew about this now, I could only imagine her reaction. Slapped by reality? Maybe.

And Dimitri couldn't tell her anything. Victoria would s
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