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Chapter 70: Awakening

작가: Kurgusal Izdusumler
last update 게시일: 2026-05-10 23:48:23

The morning light was soft, filtered through the blinds in thin stripes that fell across Xander's face. Ella had been watching him sleep for nearly an hour, tracking the rise and fall of his chest, counting the beats between breaths, reminding herself that he was alive. The nightmares had faded over the past few days, but the fear hadn't. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the gun. Every time she blinked, she saw him fall.

She held his hand, her thumb tracing slow circles on his palm. The
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    The business card felt like a live wire in Ella's hand.She'd been staring at it for hours—through the drive back to her apartment, through the quiet dinner she'd forced herself to eat, through the sleepless night that followed. Margaret Chen, Attorney at Law. The woman who knew where her father wa

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    They stayed like that for a long time.Wrapped in each other, the city glittering beyond the windows, the photograph and the note pushed to the side of the desk where they couldn't do any more damage. Xander's hand traced slow patterns on her back. Her fingers played with the collar of his shirt. N

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