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Promises In The Dark

Author: Rexlucky🌸
last update publish date: 2026-01-06 17:09:15

Erin’s POV

The house always felt different at night.

Even with all the lights on, the walls seemed to breathe quietly, as if they remembered every voice that had passed through them. I didn’t mind the quiet, but tonight it made me restless.

Luca had fallen asleep almost immediately. He always did after a full day outside. I stayed in the hallway outside his room for a while, listening to the steady sound of his breathing through the door. It calmed me.

But even then, I could feel it again — tha
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    Michele’s POVThe night air was sharp when I stepped outside. The temperature had dropped fast, the kind of cold that bit through clothes and made every sound travel farther. The gravel crunched under my boots as I crossed the yard, Enzo following two steps behind.“Where?” I asked.“East fence,” one of the guards said. “He was seen near the trees. Didn’t respond when we called out.”I didn’t slow down. My mind was already piecing things together. The same man from this morning. The one who avoided Erin’s eyes. I should have trusted my instinct earlier.The moonlight stretched across the wet grass, silver and pale. The lamps along the fence flickered faintly, and for a second, I saw movement — a shadow near the edge of the trees.“There,” Enzo said quietly.The guard stood half hidden behind a low wall, a radio clutched in his hand. His face was pale, his eyes darting toward us as if looking for an escape.“Don’t move,” I said.He froze. The radio slipped from his fingers and hit the

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