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CHAPTER 63

Author: Tellachino
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-14 00:38:23

The night was eerily quiet.

Fiona stood at the edge of the crumbling cliff, her breath heavy, her hands clenched into fists. The island, once a fortress of William’s power, now lay in ruins. Smoke curled from the collapsed tunnels, the scent of burning rock thick in the damp air.

Her mind raced.

William was gone—buried under tons of debris, lost in the chaos of his own destruction. Or at least, that was what logic dictated.

But Fiona had learned one painful lesson over the years.

William never died easy.

Darwin approached, his face smeared with soot and blood, his eyes dark with exhaustion. “It should be over.” His voice was rough, barely above a whisper.

Fiona didn’t look at him. “Should be.”

Marcus and Bella stood a few feet away, shaken but alive. Bella hugged herself, still pale from the confrontation at the underground dock. She hadn’t said much since they’d escaped, but her silence wasn’t surprising.

She had betrayed William in the end.

But had it been enough?

Marcus checked his
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