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CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN: Hunt under the White Snow
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Silence swallowed the room.

Even Timi had nothing immediate to say.

I was the one who broke it.

“So you used me?”

Her eyes snapped to mine.

“Of course not, Daniel. Can’t you see? Now we can be together. My family will hate me for what I’ve done. They’ll probably disown me eventually.”

There was no fear in her tone.

“Which means I’m free. Just like Juliet freed you.”

Juliet and I exchanged a look. A silent one. Complicated.

Juliet spoke first. “We don’t have time for this. What’
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