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CHAPTER 72: THE SURPRISE.

AVERY'S POV:

I lay on my bed, staring at the cracks in the ceiling, trying to make sense of it all. My throat still ached from Axel...s grip, the phantom sensation lingering like a cruel reminder. But the pain wasn...t just physical. It was in the way he...d looked at me—as if I had crossed a li...