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Whispers in The Dark

Author: Andrea Katie
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-06-23 01:00:27

~Zara’s POV~

I learned very quickly that surviving a whipping and surviving the days afterward were two very different things.

The wounds had begun to scab over, knitting together in ugly red lines. Yet every twist of my torso, every reach for a heavy load, reignited the agony like fresh embers under my flesh. The scars would remain long after the open gashes closed—permanent reminders etched into my body, mapping out my defiance for all to see.

Not that anyone cared. In this land of stone a
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