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CHAPTER 383
~Zara's POV~
I didn't return home that night.
After the argument with Snow, after everything I had seen, I needed space. I needed to breathe, to be away from the suffocating weight of betrayal and unanswered questions.
So, I stayed at a hotel.
Alone.
I barely slept, my thoughts looping in endless circles—why didn't he tell me? Was he planning on accepting her? Was she just a mistake he pitied, or was she something more?
I hated that I didn't know. I hated that my heart still ached for him despite everything.
By the next morning, I decided to return home. Not because I was ready to face Vani, but because this was my house. My life. My future. I refused to let fate or some unwanted mate bond take that from me.
I bathed, dressed in a fitted white blouse and black slacks, and was brushing my hair when a knock landed on the door.
"Come in," I called, expecting Aira or Ella.
Instead, Zade walked in.
