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Chapter 8

Author: Aurora Lakes
last update publish date: 2026-01-11 03:33:43

I jerk away from Alistair’s reaching hand so violently that I slam my already bruised shoulder into the carriage wall.

Pain explodes through me, but I don’t make a sound. I won’t give him that satisfaction.

“Don’t touch me,” I hiss.

He pauses, his hand suspended in the air between us. In the dim light filtering through the carriage windows, his face is all sharp angles and shadows, predatory and unreadable.

“I’m not going to hurt you,” he says, his voice low.

I let out a harsh, disbelievi
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