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I knew something was going on, but I hadn’t expected it to be this serious.

“Go Miles, go get drunk in bars, have fun at the wildest parties on the continent, sleep with as many women as you want in your infinitely long life, enjoy it to the fullest, get lost. But remember that other people haverealproblems that they can’t just walk away from.”

Her words hit me harder than ever. Why did she think so superficially of me? And why did she think I had all the freedom in the world?

“I’m bound to a clan. I can’t just go and do what I want. We have rules too!” I banged my fist on the table, but she didn’t flinch. “You can sayNoto that idiot!” Now she looked at me as if I had thrown a knife at her again, and not just brushed her with it. “You know, on the field, for a second I had the urge to punch that Russian asshole in the face so he would choose his words more wisely next time!”

Emely’s eyes widened. And my mouth just spoke on its own, although I would have preferred not to tell her that. But what was the point? It was too late anyway. She could go ahead and know what I thought of him.

“He doesn’t consider you an equal. If that’s how it works with you guys, why does a self-confident woman like you support that crap?”

My fist banged on the table again, which began to splinter.

Emely looked at me, stunned. She didn’t answer me.

Her cheeks had turned redder than I’d ever seen them before. Perhaps I had been too loud, had unsettled her too much.

There was no euphoria that gripped me, no feeling of triumph.

I was done for the day, couldn’t take any more. I had to get out of here.

Turning around in frustration, I left the room.

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Chapter 48

Julie

Alone In This World

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After receiving this message, I had opened the chat immediately. I hadn’t realized that I had lost the bracelet that Grace had given me for my fifteenth birthday.I knew he missed me. And even though I had just drunk Salma when I had been staring at the chat, the blush had risen to my cheeks.And then my world had crumbled a little further.

I had forgotten to breathe, cursed myself for my carelessness, and now I had to live with the consequences.

That had been the moment when my heart had finally slipped out of my chest.

Panic had spread through me. My feelings, my heart, everything was screaming for him, wanting him to find me, but my mind knew there couldn’t be a worse scenario.

My heartbeat had been about to escalate.

Damn.

I couldn’t let him put it anywhere, either. He would be waiting for me. There was only one way...

My hands had been shaking badly, and my fingertips had turned blue.

And I knew I couldn’t ask Bayla or Larissa for it. They already knew too much. And Grace...never.

And then I had made the second-biggest mistake of my life.

He had read it, but didn’t react for a long time. Then he had finally started typing.

Every message had made me die a little more.

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