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Chapter 134 Smoke And Bone

Penulis: Royal Jay
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-07-21 18:35:32

—Sophia’s POV

The cold outside was brutal, but inside the bunker? It was unbearable in its own way.

Not from temperature.

From silence.

From what sat between us, unsaid and heavy and real.

Our boy lay between us.

Luca.

No more wondering. No more “maybe.”

Ours.

Ethan sat nearby, his elbows on his knees, face buried in his hands like he was praying.

Or breaking.

Or both.

I didn’t speak. Just listened.

To the way our son's breath fluttered.

To the ache sitting in my own chest.

To the quiet that had weight.

Then, his fingers twitched.

A soft noise. A groan.

And I felt something inside me exhale.

“I think he’s waking,” I whispered.

Ethan didn’t move. But his head tilted. Listening.

The boy blinked up at us, groggy, pale, blinking like the world was too loud.

“What’s your name?” Ethan asked, voice low but steady.

He looked at Ethan. Locked eyes.

“I was Subject A-17,” he said softly. “But that’s not my name. Not the real one.”

I reached for him. Brushed hair from his forehead.

“What name d
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