Author's Note: Chapters prices are not decided by authors. It's automatic, and all books follow same pricing.
Long chapters are expensive (exact amount depends on length of chapters), and short chapters are cheap.
So an expensive chapter just means that it's long.
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'I knew he was planning to force me to join him.'
We had worked together, and fought together.
But that didn't erase the reason he had come all the way here in the first place.
Valen had openly antagonized both Prime Five and the Exorcist Union.
He had killed the people they sent to recruit me without hesitation.
That alone told me he never intended to walk away empty-handed.
He had invested too much.
And men like him never liked losses.
Still, when the words came out of my mouth, they were calm.
"I don't want to."
The room fell quiet.
Valen didn't react immediately.
His expression remained composed, almost pleasant, as if I had merely declined a dinner invitation rather than his grand plan.
