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Chapter 37: One More Chance

Author: Justin Lights
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-21 03:26:43

Kael’s POV

The sound of Ivy’s sobs faded into the corridor as she stumbled away from my room, her figure crumpled with shame and fear. I remained standing by the door for a long moment, my fists clenched at my sides, breathing deeply to restrain the storm rising within me.

How dare she?

What did she think she would gain by trying to paint Lyria—my mate—as a monster?

The betrayal was bitter in my mouth, but beneath it bloomed something so fierce and powerful it nearly stole my breath: relief.

Lyria was the same girl.

The same girl whose face, though blurred by the smoke and fear of that night, had haunted my dreams ever since.

I could still remember the weight of her tiny body in my arms, the way she clung to me as if I were her last hope, and the devastating guilt that gnawed at my bones when I went back for the others but didn’t make it back the same. I had lost my sight for weeks, barely surviving.

And now, fate had wound its thread once again, tying us back together.

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