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…

my

I end it?

loved me with all

him, too.

I wait so

the eye. “Marry me. I’m giving you a

moment, his eyes flickered–then faded. That spark,

my hand away, his voice cold. “I won’t hold

defeat cut through

I said, my voice sharp and clear. “Once I’ve

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“You mean that?

never let me take the Alpha’s place. I’ll lose everything…

You think this is what breaks you? I

lashes trembled, like something inside him

He hesitated, trying to

couldn’t take it anymore. I leaned in, pressing my lips to his, silencing

Caden’s POV:

movements, sharp and deliberate, felt eerily familiar, like a mirror of what I used to be

it held a certain rawness, an uncertainty I could taste. Her lips trembled

She was nervous.

a boldness that had once defined me, she pushed forward–her teeth gently prying open

bitter sweetness–swept through me like a gust of wind, stealing my

playing with

My hand, large and steady, rose to the back of her head, pulling her

moaned, soft but

it with a strength I hadn’t known I had. Then, without warning, I kissed her again, fierce, relentless, as

temperature climbed.

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