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Damien’s POV 1

Something was off.

I’d been carrying this nagging feeling in my chest all morning, like a splinter I couldn’t dig out. It had started

the moment I woke up and found Sera already dressed, moving through our morning routine with that too-

bright smile she’d been wearing since yesterday.

I tried to focus on the quarterly reports spread across my desk, but the numbers kept blurring together. My

mind kept drifting back to the way Sera had kissed me goodbye this morning.

That should have been a good thing. Instead, it made me feel like I was standing on the edge of a cliff.

“Mr. Nightshadow?”

Emma’s crisp voice cut through my wandering thoughts. She stood beside my desk in another one of her

perfectly tailored suits, holding a stack of contracts that needed my attention.

She set them down with practiced efficiency. “They need your signature before the two o’clock deadline.”

I picked up my pen and started signing without really reading them. My mind was elsewhere.

“Also, I’ve rescheduled your meeting with the Seattle division,” Emma continued.

“Fine,” I muttered, scrawling my signature across another page.

She nodded quickly, gathering up the signed papers. “Is there anything else you need right now?”

“No,” I said. “That’s all for now.”

Emma hesitated at the door. “Mr. Nightshadow? If I may… you seem distracted today. Is everything alright?”

The concern in her voice sounded genuine, but it irritated me anyway.

“Everything’s fine,” I said curtly. “Just tired.”

She nodded and left, closing the door behind her with a soft click. I leaned back in my chair and rubbed my

temples, trying to ease the tension that had been building there all morning.

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myself. *Sera’s fine. She’s home with Lily, probably napping

go away. If anything, it was getting stronger.I glanced at my watch. Nearly

in. Just to hear her

out of it,

rang three times before she

was

flooding through me at the sound

soft

my girl.” I closed my eyes, picturing Sera in the nursery rocking chair, Lily cradled against her chest. The image

“Fair enough. What about

chair to face the window,

“I keep

“By what?”

you. Always

feeling.” Her voice got

“Yeah?”

You know

too,

again, Lily making contented baby

back to work.”

not to be

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Lily

“I will.”

perfectly normal. Sera had sounded calm, even affectionate.

mind,* I told myself firmly. *Everything is fine. Sera is fine. Stop

trouble.*

tried to focus on work after that, but it was hopeless. The afternoon crawled by at a snail’s pace. Emma came

professional smile and perfect posture, I wanted to

give her that. Probably more efficient than most assistants

Sera.

four o’clock, I’d had enough. The quarterly reports could

to my family.

I announced, standing up and

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