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Chapter 132 - Flicker
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“I, Kaiya Pitchford, am brea—”
“Wait!” he screams. “Why are you so fast in trying to break a mate bond with me?!”
“I am breaking—”
“I said stop!” he screams as he runs towards me and clamps his hands on my mouth.
A sense of electricity runs through my veins at the contact of our skin. Desire. Just as heightened as I felt with Theo. It is making me angry!
“Oh wow, that’s amazing. I had never felt such a desire for a woman. Are you feeling this too, Kaiya?” he asks.
I want to deny it, but something inside me screams out for him. I can feel my heart wanting to burst from my chest with the desire to touch him as if a beast in h
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