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CHAPTER 74

Author: V. LORDE
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The hum of the car engine buzzed in my ears, but my thoughts were racing far louder than the vehicle itself. Amira—my sister, my betrayer—had somehow orchestrated this. The explosion, the threats, the deadly escalation. I clutched the fabric of my jeans tightly, my knuckles pale from the pressure.

"You're quiet," Dominic murmured beside me, his gaze flicking toward me. "Talk to me, Elise."

I shot him a look, my throat tight. "Talk to you? What would you like me to say, Dominic? That I’m fine? That I’m not currently drowning in a hundred questions about why my sister—who I trusted—is doing this?" My voice cracked, betraying the anger that boiled beneath the surface.

Dominic exhaled sharply, turning his head toward the dark road outside. "You're not alone in this," he said after a pause. "And we'll find out what her endgame is. Together."

Together.

The word hung in the air, both comforting and suffocating. I wanted to believe him, but every instinct in my body screamed that this fight w
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