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Chapter Sixty-Seven

Author: Sharon Ahmie
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-03 21:36:38

The tension was suffocating.

Odette stood in front of the mirror in the dimly lit bedroom, adjusting the delicate diamond bracelet around her wrist. It was a borrowed piece—just like the dress that clung to her figure, just like the identity she was about to assume for the night.

A woman of wealth. A woman of status.

A woman who belonged at a high-profile charity gala filled with politicians, business moguls, and socialites who would never suspect that she, Anton, and Damien were here to stop a massacre.

The soft click of the door behind her made her turn.

Anton leaned against the doorframe, his sharp suit tailored to perfection. He looked effortlessly powerful—every bit the man who could command a room with just his presence. But it wasn’t his appearance that stole her breath.

It was the way he was looking at her.

For a moment, the mission, the danger, the weight of everything disappeared.

“You look…” Anton hesitated, his silver-grey eyes running over her slowly, deliberately. “Stunn
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