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It was a large portrait, and Iva stood in the center, Akari on her hip, while Nik stood beside her, his hand placed possessively on Akari’s back. There was writing on the bottom: “My whole world, captured in a single moment. My love and our son--my heart, my home. I can’t wait to begin our forever, together, as a family.”
Heat shot up my spine so violently it stole my breath as Eryx snarled inside my head, his rage bleeding straight into my bones. Before I even decided to move, my body reacted, and I ripped the portrait from the box and shattered it against the floor.
Glass exploded everywhere before I tore the photo out with shaking hands and stormed out, my footsteps echoing as I shoved it into the hands of the nearest staff member.
“Get rid of this,” I said coldly. “Burn it if
