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047: New Threat

Author: FlyingDove
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-16 01:28:49

COBY'S POV

I stumbled out of Xavier's office, my lungs desperate for air. My throat burned where his hand had been, and I rubbed the bruised skin as I leaned against the hallway wall. The ache spread with each breath, but it wasn’t the physical pain that unsettled me.

Xavier's strength, the raw power behind that grip, rattled me. It was unnerving—unexpected. I had underestimated him.

"Damn Lycan," I muttered, wincing as I tried to straighten up.

I had underestimated his protectiveness toward Hannah. But I couldn’t back down now. Hannah wasn’t guilty—not yet. She was key to my plan. If I could manipulate things just right and get the council to believe she was guilty, then Xavier would be cornered.

He’d have no choice but to bow to me. I’d get what I wanted, and he wouldn’t even see it coming. Vivian had laid out the path perfectly. Together, we would climb to the top, no longer living like outcasts.

My footsteps echoed down the empty corridor as Xavier's fury lingered in my mind. His
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