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chapter 22

Author: Zelda Blair
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-01 13:09:16

Eric’s POV.

The dawn arrived gently, the first light of day peeking through Rhys's chamber's heavy drapes. Sitting in my lodgings, right down the hall, I gazed at the chilly embers in the hearth. Again, sleep had escaped me under the weight of our deeds. My ideas were a confused mess of remorse, hatred, and shame. Rhys had been far-off recently, his thoughts foggy with the problems that seems to multiply daily. And Gloria now. Gloria presented a challenge not one I had planned. She had been at Rhys's side for some time now, her presence an odd mix of comfort and discomfort for him.

The impression that she had something more than first seemed persisted in me. Something perilous. I had heard the soft sound of feet leaving Rhys's chamber just before morning. Knowing it was her, vanishing in the early morning light, her perfume still permeating the air. Though I tried not to consider what had happened between them, the strain in the castle was difficult to overlook. Like a storm just r
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