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61. Before I Kill You

Author: Eden Moon
last update Last Updated: 2024-09-27 04:27:48

The room was packed, every pair of eyes locked on us as we entered. At the far end, Selena sat beside a man I didn't recognize. I almost didn't recognize her either. She looked pale and thin. Her usual sharpness had dulled.

Linc leaned in close to my ear. "That's Astin," he whispered. "My brother."

I froze. That was the one he was challenging? He had dark hair, much like Linc. It would be easy to assume they were brothers if I didn't already know he was adopted. He scanned the room with a detached indifference, but there was something else. Something dangerous in the way he held himself. His presence made my skin crawl. He exuded an almost evil energy, like he could snap his fingers and tear everything apart without a second thought.

He was everything Linc wasn't. Calculated. Heartless.

I swallowed hard, pulling my eyes away from him and back to Selena. She hadn't seen me yet. Her attention was focused entirely on the man beside her. Her adopted brother.

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