Chapter 329

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Something in my chest demanded it, screamed that I could not let

him fall into anyone else’s hands.

My head pounded, my emotions spiraled out of control, and the

Goddess’s words echoed relentlessly in my mind.

There was no doubt. This was the man I had to save.

What connection did he have to the future?

Ididn’t know.

But she told me there would be signs, and what greater sign than

this—than this desperation, this overwhelming certainty?

‘And yet, my hope was crushed in an instant.

"2 million gold coins!" a commanding voice rang out from one of

the booths as its curtain was drawn open.

A woman stepped into the light—-breathtaking, mature, her

chestnut-brown hair cascading in soft curls down to her hips.

Her sharp olive-green eyes held a defiant gleam, her posture

challenge, as if daring anyone to

would dare surpass the obscene offer of Lucrecia

my teeth, my fingers digging into

much gold readily available—not

it from Morgana. And she would

for a mere

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was her father’s spoiled princess, which was

spent money like water.

wind blew from

it! I had forgotten

mind was split in too many directions at once, my

man on

still

a hand to my chest—I

than ever against the prison I had built

her soul.

outbid the

auctioneer taunted, despite the murmurs of protest and

rippling through the audience.

pay that much for an elemental, no matter

exquisite he was.

me

already moved, standing

to the curtain’s edge.

staring at Lucrecia in a way that would

anyone’s spine.

want,

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