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Chapter 87 - Choose Me

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CHAPTER 87

~Valerie's POV~

It wasn't like with Dristan—hesitant, sweet, like he wasn't sure he deserved it and still filled with fire. 

Or Xade, who was raw and hungry, yet sweet.

No, this was fire and raw hunger laced with gentle seduction. Axel kissed me like I was his.

My fingers clutched him like he was the only thing keeping me from collapsing. 

My head spun, heat building beneath my skin. His scent flooded my senses—spice and earth and something darker—and my control slipped.

Astra surged and I fought to gain control.

Her voice echoed in my skull, purring. "Let go, Valerie. Let me have this. Just once."

"No," I growled internally, even as my body leaned in, even as Axel's hand moved up my side and his lips claimed mine deeper. "No, Astra, stop—"

But she clawed harder, pushing me to give in, dragging my resistance to the edge of a cliff and threatening to shove it over.

And I almost lost completely, letting her win until we sensed it.

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