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Then a deep voice answered, unwavering. “Understood, Miss Ashcroft.”
I ended the call and looked up at the moon, a slow, frost-cold smile spreading across my lips.
Alaric—you thought you’d won.
Too bad.
The real game had only just begun.
And since you showed me no mercy—
Don’t expect any in return.
I do not look back after the hotel vanishes behind the bend of the coastal road. The Gulf Shores night slides past the …
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