han' s words, "get over it," echoed in my min

t in my own life. The life I had tried

e the kind of darkness Ethan had just plunged me in

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rm so discreet, most of the world didn't even know it existed.

of what you knew. It left scars, physical and emotional, that still ached on co

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urprise. Just a deep, resonant understan

word tasting like ash and iron

till stands, Sarah. The on

l entangled with his world. An offer of protection, of

ring. "And I will give you the world on a

truth about his rival' s unborn child – Chloe' s child – and their illicit beginnings.

d. I like it. Consider it done. W

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replied. "They can be one

ering a new, terrifying futur

al life was over. A differen