The Price of Tomorrow

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The sirens did not stop. They howled through the penthouse like a warning from the future, sharp and merciless. Red lights flashed against the glass walls, cutting the city into fragments of panic and shadow. Aruna stood frozen in the center of the room. The word hospital echoed in her head, repeating until it lost meaning. Dante was already moving. “Lock the elevators. Secure the exits,” he ordered, voice calm but lethal. “I want eyes on every camera, every hallway, every street.” Men scattered instantly. Aruna watched him for a second too long. This was the man the world feared. This was the man she was about to marry. And this was the man whose enemy had just touched the one person she could not lose. They were in the car within minutes. Black armored vehicle. Reinforced gla

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