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 fault.

I end it?

with all of himself.

him, too.

I wait so

hand, looked him in the eye. “Marry me. I’m giving you a

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

my hand away, his voice cold. “I won’t hold you back. I’m nothing

cut

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

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“You mean that?

empty. T’m crippled The Eclipse Pack will never let me take the Alpha’s place. I’ll lose

is what breaks you? I can

like something inside him

hesitated, trying to

I leaned in, pressing my lips to his, silencing him, letting my

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deliberate, felt eerily familiar, like a mirror of what I used to

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

She was nervous.

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

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

playing with

hand, large and steady, rose to

moaned, soft but clear.

her face, holding it with a strength I hadn’t known I had. Then, without warning, I

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