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112: Mixed Feelings

Author: StoriesByLily
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

Kai’s POV

As I walked away from the pit I’d just pushed Cora into, I could hear my heart dropping to my stomach and leaving an aching pain in my chest. I didn't know why, but just because I was certain that it was linked to Cora, I shoved it aside and decide again figuring it out. Besides, she deserved every bit of what she was about to suffer for trying to kill me, how much more merciful could I be after sparing her life?

I heard her feet hit the floor of the pit and I felt my heart sink even lower, fucking piece of shit—my damned heart, for the longest time I didn't believe that I had one, but of recent it’d been my least favorite organ to wrestle against.

“Is she in?” My temporary partner’s voice tore me away from my thoughts—thankfully might I add—and back to the present.

“Yeah” I responded half heartedly and she practically bounced toward the pit like a bunny returning to its hole.

“It took longer than I’d have expected,” Freya’s voice was thick with an emotion I couldn't quite d
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