Chapter 354 This Girl Is On Fire

“What?”

Caden’s legs… destroyed?

The image hit me like a blow. The mangled, torn mess from the cliffside. Blood. Flesh. Ruin.

My heart plummetted.

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The wheelchair… I felt it in my gut. A cold, tight twist. should’ve seen it coming. But hearing the truth- his legs, shattered beyond repair–it’s worse than I feared.

All of this… it was because of me.

“I’ll check.”

My hand reached for the blanket.

Caden’s head shook, his eyes lifeless. “Dr. Watts already saw them. There’s nothing left to fix….

His voice–heavy, like lead–held me in place.

I withdrew my hand. No need to

hand. No need to press him. Not now.

Once, he was Mr. Holbrook–the man who ran Rivemon, feared by all

Now, he was nothing but a shadow, locked in a chair.

The power, the ambition, the future–all slipping away in silence.

It gnawed at me.

If I hadn’t…

was my

I

with all

loved him, too.

wait so long?

him in the eye. “Marry me. I’m giving

his eyes flickered–then

“I won’t hold you back. I’m nothing now. Just

defeat cut

you broken, they will pay.” I said, my voice sharp and clear. “Once

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“You mean that?

was distant, almost empty. T’m crippled The Eclipse Pack will never let me take the Alpha’s place. I’ll lose everything… even

“So, this is it? You think the great Mr. Holbrook is undone by this? You think this is what breaks you? I can even swear by the name of the Moon Goddess that I will let you mark me

something

hesitated, trying to

I leaned in, pressing my lips to his, silencing him, letting my kiss tell him everything.

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deliberate, felt eerily familiar, like a mirror of

time was no different, it held a certain rawness, an uncertainty

She was nervous.

that had once defined me, she pushed forward–her teeth gently

through me like a gust of wind, stealing my

playing with fire.

daring. My hand, large and steady, rose to the back of

soft

a shock through me. My hands gripped her face, holding it with a strength I hadn’t known I had. Then, without warning, I kissed her again, fierce, relentless, as if

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