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Chapter 182

Author: Helix
last update publish date: 2026-08-29 16:16:21

Derek

On the way home I kept calling. No answer. Each failed call cranked the panic higher.

I burst through the door and my heart stopped.

Empty. Everything that smelled like them—gone. The little decorations she'd tucked into corners. The kids' backpacks, their toys. Even her favorite herbal tea had vanished.

The house was still beautiful. It had no pulse. No warmth. A shell.

"Violet!" I shouted into the silence, voice breaking, echoes bouncing off marble and glass. "Leon! Theodora!"

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