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Crest Fallen

Author: shilps
last update Last Updated: 2024-11-28 12:08:55

~Penny~

***Warning: Some readers may find trigger elements in this chapter***

I should have been running, but my feet refused to move. I was still in shock, unable to believe that the Duke had left me to my fate tonight. I stayed planted in my spot even when the three men across the street emerged from the shadows and stalked toward me.

The Duke was gone. Abandoned. He knew I would get raped and might even be left to die on these streets. And yet he didn't want to take me with him. Was it too much to expect? Even a stranger would have helped me. It wasn't supposed to hurt like this. He merely touched me once, and it was entirely fueled by lust. Why did the weight of his betrayal press me down so badly then?

The menacing figures circled me, their hungry gazes devouring me like I was their prey. I swallowed the lump in my throat, slowly stepping back as panic surged through me.

"I will go first," said the man with a scraggly beard. "She looks so delicate she might break if we pounce on
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