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I stared at her again.
Her face, sharp yet oddly familiar. But there was no clear resemblance. Her aura wasn’t the same either. So why did something inside me twist when I looked at her? Why did it feel like… I’d seen her before?
No.
I hadn’t seen her before.
That was the first time, right?
Then why was my heart pounding?
Maybe it was guilt. My own damn conscience was creeping up again like it always did whenever Selene haunted my dreams. Maybe it was the way this girl held herself, proud, still, defiant. Just like Selene. Just like the woman I murdered to take everything she had.
“Do you know her?” Alpha Gray’s voice cut through my spiraling thoughts, low and firm. His gaze bounced between me and her.
My throat tightened. I couldn’t let the past rise now. Not here. Not in fr
