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CHAPTER 40: being in the dark

Penulis: Maria D. D
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-01-16 03:58:26

The doors slammed open loudly.

Eryx turned and his smirk vanished. The one person he'd never thought would show up was standing right in front of him. Zephyr.

Lilian was shocked and she moved behind Eryx slightly. None of them had counted on Zephyr showing up so unexpectedly.

Zephyr strode in, his eyes ignored everyone else and landed squarely on his brother.

"What have you done?" Zephyr’s voice was cold, but beneath it, there was rage, barely contained. "How dare you arrest our mother?"

But Eryx looked at him with a composed expression. He was too calm for the atrocity he'd just committed.

“Speak to me, Eryx! How dare you humiliate our mother?!"

Eryx scoffed, stepping forward. "Your mother," he corrected. "Not mine."

Zephyr’s brows furrowed. "What nonsense are you spewing now?"

Eryx let out a humorless chuckle. "She never told you? Oh, how typical. Always keeping her favorite son in the dark, trying to protect his fragile ego."

Zephyr looked at him oddly. What was he
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