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VENUSThe main guard fumbles with his keycard, hands shaking so much that it takes him three tries to swipe it. The door finally clicks open. Before stepping in, Rowan looks back at the two guards who had been restraining me.“From tomorrow onwards,” he orders coldly, “you don’t have to come here anymore. You’re fired.”Their faces drain of color. “Please, Your Majesty—” one starts, but Rowan doesn’t even glance at them. He just walks inside, pulling me along.We walk into the room and Rowan keeps glancing at me, making my heart skip a beat. The cold air inside makes me shiver and it smells of oil and some pungent gas. I can hear the buzz from the humming machinery. Rows of generators, transformer panels and tangled cables line the walls. Everything looks normal. He turns to me suddenly. Before I can step back, his hand reaches out, fingers brushing against my cheek. His eyes harden as he stares at my face. His touch is brief but electrifying, tracing the dirt smudges on my skin.

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VENUSI follow his gaze. On the screen, I see the west wall corridor. A guard is patrolling there again and again. My eyes narrow as I stare at it for a few minutes. “Wait,” I gasp. “That’s the same movement.”Rowan’s fingers fly over the console keys and he types something. I watch him work alongside the operator who also looks lost like me. The screen flickers as he pulls up the archived feed. It shows the same thing. “It’s a loop. The timestamp is stuck at 11:30pm.” Rowan says as he looks at the screen. The operator’s eyes widen. “How is that possible?” “We need the real-time footage,” Rowan mutters and looks past his shoulder. “Nile.” His general steps in and the operator backs away, getting intimidated by the large sizes of the two men. Nile sits on the chair and does something on it for quite a long time. “Done!” Nile says, “Someone overlaid the main channel. But the backup server’s still live.” He plays the real-time feed and my stomach twists as I see the hallway on the

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VENUSRowan stares at me in shock and his brows draw together. “What?”I scoff and look away. “I don’t need your charity or your protection.”Rowan narrows his eyes at me. “Really? I saw how well you were faring when I didn’t step in.”I clench my fist. “I can protect myself,” I bite out, my voice trembling despite my best efforts. “I would’ve found a way.”He lets out a humorless smirk. “I don’t go with probabilities, Venus. You’re stupid if you think you could’ve escaped that.” His tone drips with disdain.He reaches out and grabs my wrist. He lifts it, and shows me the deep red mark formed on my skin. I stare at it in shock. I hadn’t realized how bad it looked. I’d been too focused on not breaking down and suppressing the pain I felt after those guards tried to assault me. “Even if they let you live, do you have any idea what those scoundrels would’ve done to you? They would’ve raped you.” My throat tightens as I swallow back the lump at his unfiltered, harsh words. Tears fill m

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VENUSI gasp, my head snapping toward him. “What?” “Bronze is my sister’s child,” he continues. “I’m his uncle.”For a moment, my mind goes blank. His uncle?I stare at him, trying to process what I just heard. Their bond isn’t just of an Alpha and his king. They are blood-related! Suddenly, everything makes sense. That’s why they seemed close when they spoke to each other. I knew in my gut that something was strange. I remember Bronze not being very fond of his mother who’s dead. She’d passed away long ago. I look at Rowan, “I’m… sorry for your loss,” I say, keeping my voice low. “You must miss your sister.”Rowan doesn’t say anything about that. Then a thought strikes me, “Wait,” I say, frowning. “After Bronze’s father died, why didn’t you take him in?”Rowan lets out a slow breath. “I sort of did,” he replies. “But Bronze hated me and the elders were against it. They said they’d take responsibility for him.”“I didn’t want to force him,” Rowan continues. “He was young and I ha

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