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Chapter 77 – Never give up

Author: Adele
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Chapter 77 – Never give up

Xander’s POV

Morning came, not with light, but with the dull ache of exhaustion.

Sleep never touched me. The ceiling above had become a screen for every memory I had of Diana…her laughter, her tears, the way she used to look at me when she still trusted me. And Gift…

The girl who vanished because someone thought she was Diana.

In my world, people didn’t just disappear. When they did, it usually ended in silence and a body. But this time…I refused to accept that. Not until I knew for sure.

I sat hunched on the edge of the bed, elbows on my knees, my hands locked together in restless prayer. Not the holy kind. The desperate kind.

Everything was turning again…and somehow, Diana was in the center of it.

I had to see her.

A knock broke the stillness.

Akin stepped in quietly, holding out a coffee and a white box.

“Bakery next to the hotel,” he said. “They only had one cake left. Thought you should have it.”

I took the box and opened it slowly. The scent hit me fi
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