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The Price Of War

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Chapter Fifty Price of War

Damiann's POV

When Lena stormed out, the last words she flung cut deeper into my chest as silence settled in.

"Choose between your revenge or me."

Those words weighed heavy on my mind, heavy and unremitting as a cold, immovable pressure that seemed to weigh upon me. Swallowing my revenge against Marcus was like poison-it went against the very grain of my being. While something far worse sounded a lot like losing Lena forever.

I balled my fists, pacing the length of my office, where my heart slammed against my ribs.

How had it ever come to this?

He'd taken everything from me, from my pride and dignity to Lena, although the latter he'd had only for a brief time. Everything in me demanded revenge. But what did that make me if I let him just walk away from what he did? A coward? Some man too weak to finish what he started?

But Lena…

She was the first person to make me feel alive in a long time. With her, I wasn't just a man bent on destruction—I was something mo
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