THE BILLIONAIRE’S SECOND CHANCE BETRAYAL
He reached up, gently touched the blood on her lip.
“The Auditor,” Dante whispered. “The bone bread. The Pantry.”
“You remember?” June asked, tears streaming down her face.
“I remember everything,” Dante said. He pulled her close. “The rewind… it didn’t work. We stayed together.”
Marcus and Raven got to their feet, looking exhausted but grinning. “That was close,” Marcus said. “I almost forgot how to do math for a minute.”
June checked her belt. The Golden Book was still there, but it had changed. The cover wasn’t gold anymore—it was dark, rich soil. The pages were thin slices of dried wood. The book felt alive.