Love Is Loaded Gun
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Episode 4
They hid underground, in a forgotten tunnel soaked with rust and history.
Elara finally broke.
She struck Adrian hard across the face.
“You don’t get to touch me,” she said, voice trembling, “after lying to me since the beginning.”
“I know,” he replied, not defending himself. “But I would rather you hate me alive than mourn me dead.”
She laughed—a hollow, dangerous sound.
“They murdered my father.”
“Yes,” he said. “And they’ll murder you too—unless we destroy them first.”
There was a stretched silence between them.
Elara's brows knitted together and then relaxed.
As if struck by an idea Elara reached into her coat and pulled out a gun.
She pressed it against Adrian’s chest.
“Give me one reason,” she whispered, tears burning, “not to finish this now.”
Adrian met her eyes without fear.
“Because if you pull that trigger,” he said quietly, “the Black Court wins. And your father dies a second time.”
Footsteps echoed above them.
The hunt had begun.
Elara lowered the gun.
“Then we burn them all,” she said.
And for the first time, Adrian smiled—not with charm, but with vengeance.
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