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CHAPTER 37 : " The Fall of a King "
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Moonlight bled through the broken stained-glass windows of the High Hall, casting kaleidoscopic shadows across Selene's bare back as she stood at its center, her breath heaving with the weight of what had just occurred.Outside, the city slumbered beneath a blood-red sky, unaware of the storm that was brewing within its very heart.Ryker's footsteps echoed against the marble as he approached her slowly, his shirt half-unbuttoned, lips still swollen from their last kiss, eyes dark with the craving that only she seemed to awaken."You're trembling," he murmured."I'm not afraid," she replied, her voice husky, eyes fierce as she turned to face him.He cupped her jaw gently, dragging his thumb along her lip. "Then show me."And she did.Their mouths collided, not softly, but with the ferocity of wolves claiming each other under a cursed moon. Selene tore the shirt from Ryker’s chest, her claws nicking his skin as his growl rumbled deep and low. He lifted her onto the edge of the altar whe
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