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Chapter 177 - Heartfelt Emotions

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CHAPTER 177

~Valerie's POV~

I blinked. "He didn't."

"Doesn't matter," Dristan snarled.

"Yes, it does."

Dristan's eyes snapped to mine. "Not to me."

For a second, I couldn't breathe. There it was. Not a confession, but something close enough to burn—pure pain.

"He hurt you," he added. "And if Riven hadn't gotten there first… Gods… who knew what that mongrel would have…"

"I could've handled him," I voiced. "You saw that."

"You shouldn't have had to."

That shut me up. I couldn't retort because, no matter how much I wanted to justify things and not look deeply into his pain, or why he was getting angry after ignoring me the other day with no explanation whatsoever, I couldn't deny that I saw his pain, as plain as day.

Dristan's breathing was heavy now, controlled like he was holding something hard back. His fingers twitched again at his sides, the last traces of lightning still pulsing under his skin like a heartbeat.

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