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Chapter 91

Author: Nyxara
last update publish date: 2026-02-11 23:07:59

Kian's POV

The amber liquid in my glass was the only thing standing between me and a total collapse.

I sat at the far end of the bar, tucked into a corner where the shadows were thickest. The air in the lounge was heavy with the smell of expensive tobacco and the low, mournful hum of a cello playing somewhere in the background. It was the kind of place where men like me came to disappear.

Every time I closed my eyes, I saw him.

The blue jacket. The scuffed sneakers. The way he’d tilted his hea
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