**Chapter 136: The Obsession Files**The study smelled of aged leather, sandalwood, and the faint metallic tang of fear that I realized was coming from me.I clutched the handful of letters like they might burn my fingers. My postpartum body still ached from Sera’s birth just days ago, but the pain in my chest was sharper.“You were going to *force* me?” My voice cracked. “Even if I had chosen Alex? Even if I said no?”Damien stood in the doorway, every inch the predator I’d first feared. The sleeves of his black shirt were still rolled up from earlier, exposing corded forearms. His jaw flexed, but he didn’t look away. He never did.“Yes,” he said, calm and brutal. “I was going to take you, Isla. By any means necessary.”The words landed like stones in still water. I staggered back until my hips hit his desk. Fresh tears spilled over. After everything—Elena’s letter, Victor’s betrayal, prison, the stabbing, the children—this was what finally made the ground feel unsteady.“Read them,”
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