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Chapter 36 - Claire’s POV

Author: Anney GW
last update publish date: 2025-12-17 10:47:00

Savannah’s stare was a challenge, and there was a time I wouldn’t have been able to stop myself from responding.

I’d matured since then. It was so freeing to realize that all I had to do was stop playing her games. They were all rigged. And they weren’t any fun.

Adrian clasped my hand gently, calm and steady at my side.

Derek looked almost frantic with a need to protect me. As if the idea of me humiliating myself in public terrified him on some visceral level. This was a new attitude from hi
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