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Chapter 15: The Escape

作者: jhumz
last update 最終更新日: 2025-07-30 00:52:08

The silence wasn’t silence. It was the roar of Leo’s pulse in his ears, the ragged symphony of their breathing, and the deafening absence of Dominic’s voice. Leo stared, frozen, at Dominic’s crumpled form. The blood, shockingly red against the pale marble, seeped from his split lip, tracing a path towards his jaw. His face was already swelling, one eye a grotesque, puffy slit. He looked small. Broken. Utterly vulnerable. The sight was profoundly unsettling, a terrifying inversion of the power dynamic that had ruled Leo’s life.

Silas’s hands on his face were the only anchor. Warm, solid, trembling slightly. Leo dragged his gaze from Dominic to Silas. The raw fury had vanished from Silas’s eyes, replaced by a terrifying clarity and a desperate, protective intensity that burned brighter than ever. He scanned Leo’s face, his arm where Dominic’s fingers had dug in, his eyes searching for injury beyond the shock.

“Are you hurt?” Silas rasped again, his voice rough, urgent. His thumb brushed
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