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Chapter 85

Author: Six Cats
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ARIA'S POV

The night air felt thick as I stepped out of the banquet hall.

I didn’t look back. I couldn’t.

The tension in my shoulders was so intense, and I felt like if I turned around and met Dante’s eyes, everything I had been holding in would come rushing out.

I just wanted to be anywhere but here, far away from all the judging eyes and whispered gossip.

At that moment, I heard Finn’s footsteps behind me, quicker and more purposeful than mine. “Aria,” he called softly, concern evident in his voice. “Please, wait up.”

I slowed down, but I didn’t stop, the heels of my shoes clicking sharply on the pavement. He reached my side in seconds, his hand lightly touching my arm, gentle, but firm enough to let me know he wasn’t going to let me walk away without talking to him.

“Are you okay?” he asked, his breath a little ragged, as if he had been running after me.

I let out a deep breath, feeling the tightness in my chest start to release, just a little bit. “You've been asking me that quest
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