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... ard the council members seated in their regal observation box.

'Good. Maybe they can knock some sense into these bastards!' Meanwhile, Victoria conjured a crimson bat—a magic messenger for emergencies—and sent it off into the shadows. Urgent. Whoever that was going to, they mean business.

But Damian wasn't focused on them anymore.

He was focused on her.

Selena was barely conscious now, her body trembling, her breaths uneven. Seven minutes, maybe less. And he still ...

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