Chapter 34: Secret AlliancesThe video call screen went black, but Derek Voss’s smug face and Victoria’s poisonous smile lingered like smoke in the air. I stayed curled in Lucian’s lap, my heart hammering against my ribs as his arms locked around me like iron bands. For several long seconds, neither of us moved.Then Lucian let out a low, dangerous sound — half growl, half laugh — and the man I first met years ago resurfaced in full force. The cold, ruthless billionaire. The one who crushed empires and left bodies in his wake.“New powerful friends,” he murmured, repeating Derek’s taunting words from the call. “He’s not working alone with Damian anymore. Someone bigger is bankrolling them.”I twisted to face him, my hands framing his sharp jaw. “We’ll find out who. Together.”His eyes darkened as they met mine — grief, fury, and raw hunger swirling together. The hand on my thigh squeezed possessively, fingers digging in just enough to rem
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