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Author: Night Cloud
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-13 13:52:33

Dahlia ~

I needed to get out of my head and stop thinking so damn much.

The moment I stepped into the massive shower that was decorated with silver tiles, I turned the water on full blast and let the scalding heat wash over my skin. My fingers pressed into my temples, trying to rub away the ache that had been sitting there since this morning.

Everything was a mess.

Everything was too much.

The way he looked at me like I meant something to him, the way his eyes burned into me like he knew something was off. Like he was piecing it together, bit by bit.

And now the claiming ceremony was in two days, meaning I had less than two days to seduce him and kill him.

A muscle jumped in my jaw.

This mission should have been easy.

He was arrogant. Overconfident. The kind of man who thought himself untouchable. He had let me in, trusted me enough to fight beside me, to put his hands on me, to kiss me like he meant it.

And yet he had saved my life during the Jorran war.

I let out a slow breath and
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