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Chapter 6

Author: Peachy
Lucian's POV

3 a.m. The Chicago wind cut to the bone.

In the silent penthouse, the anxiety finally snapped my nerves.

Three hours. Seraphina hadn't answered me for three goddamn hours.

I did something I hadn’t done in ten years.

I grabbed my phone and actually called her.

The voice on the other end wasn't her usual, gentle tone.

It was a cold, robotic message.

"The number you have dialed is no longer in service."

My famous calm shattered.

I snatched my car keys and sprinted to the garage. The bl
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