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

did I end

with all

him, too.

I wait so

him in the eye. “Marry

moment, his eyes flickered–then faded. That

voice cold. “I won’t hold you back. I’m nothing

cut

will pay.” I said, my voice sharp and clear.

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“You mean that?

me take the Alpha’s place.

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

like something inside him

He hesitated, trying

anymore. I leaned in, pressing my lips to

Caden’s POV:

sharp and deliberate, felt eerily familiar, like a

was no different, it held a certain rawness, an uncertainty I could taste. Her lips

She was nervous.

With a boldness that had once defined me, she pushed forward–her

like a gust of wind,

playing with fire.

expected Rosaline to be so daring. My hand, large and steady, rose to the back of her

moaned, soft

sent 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 a

room’s temperature

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