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A Band Of Rogues

Author: Eliza Selmer
last update Last Updated: 2023-09-27 23:10:17

[Tatiana’s POV]

I stare straight ahead, trying to process exactly what just happened as my worry for Knight continues to build.

Where in the world was he, and who were those men that he was fighting? Were they his father’s men, or maybe my uncles? I didn’t know, but now that I couldn’t feel the connection with him, my heart was beating a mile a minute, and the urge to go find him clawed at me.

“What’s wrong?” Winley’s voice is gentle but full of urgency as she reaches out and grabs me. “You look like you’ve just seen a ghost.”

“I have,” I respond, feeling a chill race down my spine as Knight’s warning hits me.

Run before he finds me and makes me admit that the child in my stomach was his. What the hell did he even mean by that? Was he going to hurt the child or make me get rid of it?

“I can’t stay here,” I gasp, meeting Winley’s gaze. “Please, we need to get out of here!”

“Woah, woah,” she hisses as I attempt to jump up. “What exactly do you think you’re doing? You’re a patient, and y
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